Patty Mills Quotes

Patty Mills

Profession : Basketball Player

Birth : August 11, 1988

Australia is a great country. America is a great country. We all have issues and different aspects.

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It's about finding the chemistry on the court and where you can get to your spots and where you can find open ones.

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I realize how rare it is for someone like me to reach this level. So I'm using my stature in basketball to help other people. I'm more than happy to do it.

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You have to be able to reach for the moon. You have to be able to have those sort of goals.

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When fans say 'Bala,' that's cultural awareness to me. I hope I've helped open up their world a little.

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For me, being able to be prepared for a lot of things is something I take pride in.

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That's an exciting feeling to know when you walk in the gym, or in the weight room, it's for a championship.

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People ask when I was younger in the league who my favourite player was to play against and it was Steve Nash. It wasn't necessarily that I was guarding him or he was guarding me it was more so getting to see up close and personal how he plays and how he approached the game. That was very exciting for me.

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To continue my efforts as a leader for my people and to follow my family's legacy of providing legitimate opportunities for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people through my sport of basketball is the true outcome of my personal success and accomplishments.

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I'm deeply connected to both sides of my family in ways that I'm not sure I can get across, in ways that many people will never understand.

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You have games when you miss shots and when you make shots. But knowing you're here for a reason and you're an NBA basketballer helps.

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San Antonio is more of a home than anything to be honest. They saw me as a huge part of their organisation to continue this Spurs culture and that's nice to know, and that's something I'm really keen to do.

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We play the right way at the Spurs. We don't go about business the wrong way, we play hard and represent the Spurs the best way we can.

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The values I have as a person are the same as the whole Spurs organisation and that's why it feels like home.

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Our leadership group has a responsibility to pass on what it means to be a Boomer and play for your country and make sure this program is at its peak knowing the type of talent coming through.

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When it comes to the green and gold, the passion starts pouring out from me to be able to create something special in that basketball space for our country. I'm absolutely dialled in when it comes to that.

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I feel a responsibility to not only live up to expectations, but the standard of which the likes of Tim Duncan and Manu Ginobili have set for us.

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I want to help educate. I want to show how you can stand strong without anger. Taking the high road.

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I made the team for the 2008 Olympics and you're playing the U.S.A. in the quarter-finals and it's like, this is awesome, this is a great feeling. We lose the game. And as a young kid like you don't understand really what that means, you just got your backside handed to you by all-time greats.

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I think it's important for everyone to understand that if you have a background and culture... to really use that as motivation to fuel the fire. It brings meaning to what you do. It's not just sports - whether it's in the classroom, in the office or whatever it may be - it just brings passion and excitement out when there's meaning behind it.

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