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Jabari Parker

Profession : Basketball Player

Birth : March 15, 1995

Mostly in high school, when peer pressure took its big hold on me, that's when I started getting into my faith, and that helped me out so much.

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I was named after a Muslim.

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My mother is basically an immigrant because she came from Tonga.

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Growing up, I admired old cars. In Chicago, on the South Side, people didn't have the newest cars, but one thing I always noticed was that they took good care of their cars. It was a pride thing. Even if you had a funky Oldsmobile, you kept it clean. You changed the oil. You took a toothbrush to the rims.

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Really, I've been set up for a good position where Duke is setting me up for a lot of exposure, and it's part of my responsibility to show up for them because the team that we have, I play a really vital role.

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My brother, Christian, helps me stay focused and grounded.

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I want to show good sportsmanship.

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Milwaukee, man... it's home.

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Going back and getting my degree is something that I promised myself and my mom the day I called her and my dad to tell them that I was entering the draft. Not a lot of people in my family can say they got a college diploma, so I want to do that - for them and for me.

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I know what it was like to grow up in Chicago and see the same problems every day.

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Black Lives Matter and police brutality are issues that are important to me.

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I wanted to be like Juwan Howard, whose basketball camp I went to as kid for six years. Those camps meant everything to me and my friends. We'd all seen Juwan on TV and then... there he was. In our gym. We could see him. We could give him a high five.

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You know I'm a Chicago kid, and Chicago will always have a big piece of my heart. But with Milwaukee - for me it was just love at first sight. As soon as I got here, I was like, Wow, this is the place for me.

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As a basketball player, you dream of being able to play in front of your hometown. And if you're lucky, other guys from your city are right there beside you.

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I believe that if you love what you do, and you work hard at it, everything falls in place.

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Yeah, I've had injuries.

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Old cars have things to say. With an old car, you have to be extra observant about everything. You have to listen and pay attention - to how the engine sounds, where the oil levels are at, if it's running hot, all of that. You've gotta be tuned in, and I like that. New cars, to me they just feel like plain sheets of metal.

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I'm lucky to have the support and the platform I have, and I plan on making the most of it.

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We might all come from different places, but home means something - something powerful - to each of us.

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We carry home with us, all the good and the bad and the in-between.

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