Muggsy Bogues Quotes

Muggsy Bogues

Profession : Athlete

Birth : January 9, 1965

I always tell people I think my mom had me when I was 5 feet, 3 inches - I don't remember ever growing.

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I was just trying to play the game, having fun. It was a hobby for me at the time.

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I was wrestling all the way to high school, but it kind of came in the same season as basketball, so I had to pick and choose one, and I decided to go all the way with basketball.

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Speed was one of the criteria for me - one of my strengths. But I had to use them all... everything I had.

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I've never met Mr. Mark Cuban, but I tell people that I thank him more than life itself.

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There was a TV show that came on every week called the 'Bowery Boys,' and there was a character named Muggsy. The way I played basketball and the nickname stuck with me. No one calls me Tyrone except one person: Mom!

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My very first NBA game was against the Los Angeles Lakers; it was a pre-season game against Magic Johnson.

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Being able to compete against the best, having success against the best, and to be included with the best - that's something I really relished whenever I got on the court.

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I understood my path and what I meant to the game and what I mean to kids. Not only kids, but individuals around the world. Folks that didn't think that the game was meant for smaller people. For me, I always felt that, tall or small, the game was for all.

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You've got to have the skills. You've got to have a great attitude because, if you don't, nobody will want to deal with you.

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Wake Forest came knocking on the door, and I accepted that offer. It changed my life completely.

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As a small guard, you need to understand how you impact the game and make sure you impact it in the way that you can showcase your talent on the floor and having that understanding of the game. Tony Bennett was a smaller guard, too. We all have different strengths.

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That's what you want to keep sharing with the players in today's world: knowing that you represent yourself and your family each time you step on the court and to be the best at it because you never know where it leads to after it's all said and done.

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I was 'Little Ty,' 'Little Tyrone.' I always got this negative feedback from the game of basketball.

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We tied the milk crates on each end of the fence, and we had our own milk crate basketball pickup game, and it was a good time 'cause we could jump off the fence and dunk the basketball. You had to be creative in order to play, and I wanted to play.

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My mom always brought home a present once a week for all of us. We never felt like we ever needed anything. We never felt poor. So I never felt I had to go out and do something wrong to get money.

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I loved the game. I loved it from the start. I was always with a basketball. I'd even dribble a basketball when I'd throw out the trash - and I got so that I could do it without spilling the trash.

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Give yourself a chance. Now, everyone can't play basketball. But find something you're interested in.

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Everybody has a way to get to college. You study in high school, you do your work. There are always grants or loans that can be available. I guarantee you - if you want it, you can get it. Don't close the door on yourself.

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Growing up as a kid in inner city of Baltimore, Maryland, the way I played the game, I used to always steal the basketball.

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