Quinn Cook Quotes

Quinn Cook

Profession : Basketball Player

Birth : March 23, 1993

I promised my dad that I'd take care of my mom and sister, and that's exactly what I'm going to do.

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My goal is to live out my dreams, to have a long NBA career, win championships and provide for them. My mom works two jobs. She does security and event staffing. My sister is a waitress. Anytime I'm down or don't want to work out, I remember our situation and what I've got to keep doing.

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Wherever I go, I know my dad is guiding my path.

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I believed in, I don't want to call it miracles, but God has a way of making things work out.

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I don't want to dress very loud. My style is straight to the point. Being comfortable is really the biggest thing, and a classic look is comfortable for me.

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I like breakfast food - like three pancakes, bacon, eggs, and a smoothie. Growing up, I would be up all night and had trouble getting up. So my mom started making me a smoothie as a treat if I woke up at a certain time.

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I try to keep my routine as consistent as possible. I try to lift every single day. It's not powerlifting. It's not lifting to become the strongest man in the world. It's lifting just to stay in shape. Stay lean. Stay injury free.

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I try to keep my shoes as clean as possible and make them complement the fit.

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I'm trying to be in the best shape of my life. I'm getting stronger and more athletic to help rebound and to guard bigger opponents.

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I'm in the NBA and I won a championship. I had some great things happen, but I'm not satisfied.

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I want to keep getting better, being a great teammate and try to keep learning from our guys and help as much as possible. I'm not satisfied with where I'm at.

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Every phase of my life always hasn't been perfect for me. I've had to go through some adversity.

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The best players in the world are working so hard, I gotta work even harder.

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I'm always living in the moment.

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I knew I was an NBA player and that I just needed the right opportunity in the right situation.

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I'm a guy who comes home: I'll play outside, go to this gym, that gym, see all these guys.

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I want to relate with everybody. All I'll say is I'm home every summer, if we really want to play.

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At Duke, I wasn't able to score like I did in high school, just because we had so many great players, and I had to accept a role, which I was fine with, but it gave people another look at my game.

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I was fortunate to be in a great situation in Canton, be the leader of the team my rookie year. I got to show a lot of people that I was an NBA player on a nightly basis.

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My first 10-day contract in Dallas. It was long because we had five games in 10 days. Players get called up on a 10-day and their team might only have a schedule of three games. So I got to play in five games and I was fortunate for that.

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