David Robinson Quotes

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David Robinson

Profession : Athlete

Birth : August 6, 1965

You give a team a month - three weeks - to get together, and you're going to make mistakes. You're just not going to be as sharp.

David Robinson

Believe it or not, the Navy requires plebes to actually be able to swim.

David Robinson

You are overboard in deep open water without a PFD (personal floatation device), or at least that's what your instructor is yelling. Sink or swim, plebe.

David Robinson

Your grandfather is and will always be your hero, your inspiration. He fought in World War II, came home to Little Rock, Arkansas, and worked for 50 years as a mailman in the segregated south. Not once did he get a job promotion in five decades. But he kept working all the same.

David Robinson

I hope the young guys who are playing today realize what they have been given and will take it upon themselves to give back in return.

David Robinson

Sometimes I feel like hitting somebody. You look at the refs and they say, 'We'll take care of it.' I think, 'Yeah? You won't take care of it the way I'd like to take care of it.'

David Robinson

I was always curious. I wanted to learn a little about a lot of things, and I really had to get pushed to achieve.

David Robinson

If you're a better scorer than me, I'll put you down on the block; you score. I don't care. I can do other things.

David Robinson

Popovich is always talking about team.

David Robinson

When you get that signing bonus, don't start thinking about all the things you can do with $1 million.

David Robinson

It was difficult to step away. I've always been an athlete. And to give that up was extremely daunting. The looming factor of brain damage, to me, was too strong.

David Robinson

It's an interesting juxtaposition, being student body president and leading others and learning how to effectively help people on the team in a way that's not as direct.

David Robinson

It's tragic that there are so few farmer-direct coffees in Africa, but it's very tough.

David Robinson

I was probably a naive youth, but I saw that I could make things happen.

David Robinson

I know I will leave my work unfinished. I just hope I planted enough seeds in my children and grandchildren that they will continue.

David Robinson