Shaun Livingston Quotes

Shaun Livingston

Profession : Basketball Player

Birth : September 11, 1985

The opportunity to play for Duke University is great, and that's the reason I chose the school.

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It's important for kids to know they can be themselves, and that it's OK to have dreams and goals they love and that may not be cool or popular to other kids.

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I'm taking care of my body, getting my treatment, I'm in the weight room... I'm doing everything I can to stay healthy, and hopefully the genetics kind of take over from there.

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I was kind of an early bloomer. I played all the time, practiced all the time. So it just became habits, really.

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When I was entering high school, my dad had me going around to different high schools, playing open gyms. A lot of coaches thought I was coming to their schools. If I would have done it over, I would have just stayed at one particular school just to play pickup basketball in the summertime.

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I was kind of advanced for my age, just because I started early, when I was maybe 6 or 7 years old. And my dad always had me playing with older groups.

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Oh, I never knew I was going to be a great player.

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I can not express more the importance of treating your teammates, opponents and coaches with the utmost respect.

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My form is improved and I'm just continuing to improve. I want to come back as a shooter. A knockdown shooter.

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I think I can help push the tempo just a little bit... I feel I can get the ball after a rebound. Push the fastbreak. Push the tempo. Get guys some easy shots.

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I was struggling, and I was struggling mentally more than anything, and that will carry over to the games.

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Here I am, playing with Kevin Garnett, Paul Pierce, Jason Kidd is my coach, I'm in Brooklyn, New York, they lobbied for me to be here... Regardless of my circumstances, I'm here.

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I play to win. If I have great numbers, that's great. Obviously you feel good about it, but still, I'm playing to win.

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As long as we get the win, that's what I'm about.

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I'm really into kind of a 'Sixth Sense' type of movie - mysteries, thrillers a little bit.

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I like autobiographies. I wouldn't mind making one of those.

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With my time in the league, what I will be most proud of is the fact that my character, values and faith were tested, and I persevered.

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I am a man of faith and faith is not always supposed to happen and what you see, sometimes it's just walking that path.

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Just the passion to play the game is what kept me going.

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Everybody has their own path and I believe everything happens for a reason and you kind of just rock with it.

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