Pat Connaughton Quotes

Pat Connaughton

Profession : Basketball Player

Birth : January 6, 1993

Hey, I'm comfortable with my masculinity.

Pat Connaughton

It's not about how much weight you can lift in-season. It's about how fast you can move it, how strong you are, how you can maintain that strength so you can produce on the floor.

Pat Connaughton

For me, I love doing different things with real estate.

Pat Connaughton

I wake up, I'll scramble some eggs, cook some bacon, have a few pieces of toast, yogurt, smoothie, whatever it might be. I'll then workout, whether it's outside, inside, bike, weights, whatever I have access to, however creative I can be.

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I grew up with all hockey players.

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Sometimes I'll read a book before bed.

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As NBA players, so much of the game is mental, as far as confidence and playing against the best players in the world.

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I think there are a lot of people who say they want to be professional athletes, say they want to make millions of dollars, but don't necessarily like doing the hard work that goes into it.

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For me, it was my dream as a kid to play two sports at the highest level I possibly could. Doing that at Notre Dame just meant I had to sacrifice in ways a normal college student wouldn't have had to sacrifice.

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You don't find a 6-foot-5 pitcher with the athleticism and coordination I have all that often.

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You know, if I cleaned out my backpack, which I don't really use anymore, I'd find a bunch of beads. I have a bunch of little girl cousins, they used to paint my toenails and stuff, and they'd make beaded bracelets and there are so many beads everywhere. It's kinda embarrassing.

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I'd love to play in Cowboys Stadium or one of those football stadiums.

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To be honest March Madness has not treated me very well.

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The love of basketball, the time and effort I've put into it - I'd be doing a disservice to myself if I didn't see how far I could go in basketball before I tried to do anything in baseball.

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It's kind of fun raising some eyebrows when all of a sudden you jump up and you get a tip-dunk or you dunk on Jabari Parker and everyone's like, 'Where did that come from?'

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Winning has always been the most important thing to me.

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I'm in limbo. The baseball people are like, 'Oh, he's basketball athletic.' The basketball people are like, 'Well, he plays baseball, so he's probably not that athletic.'

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I only dabble in the digital currency. I'm not an expert or know if it's going to boom or bust. But being a business guy, I try to diversify a little bit.

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I've always enjoyed the fact that a lot of people didn't have that much confidence in what I could do because I enjoy proving people wrong.

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I was texting with someone the other day and they asked me a question, 'What would do you if you didn't play basketball, or if you didn't play baseball? What would you want to do as a job?' My answer was, 'I've never even thought about it.'

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