Shaun Livingston Quotes

Shaun Livingston

Profession : Basketball Player

Birth : September 11, 1985

I can be The Man. I have the skills and the tools to do it. I just have to play to my potential. I just have to be me.

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Growing up watching the league, Allen Iverson was my favorite player. But once I got here, Steve Nash instantly became my favorite.

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I want to show my team I'm for the team. I want them to see I'm in it for them, not for me.

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I watch and learn from old Clipper games.

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We all have those friends that tick to their drum, and you don't want them to tick to anybody else's drum.

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I'm not like a preacher or philosopher, but at the end of the day, life is about happiness.

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This is a game, don't put too much stress on yourself.

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There's no way I can go back and uninjure myself.

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The feeling after the first title was shock. But both feel incredible.

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I always just wanted to play my game, minimize mistakes so I had the best chance to make a roster.

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That's what I was trying to do: be a reliable guy, dependable guy you know wasn't going to make a lot of mistakes. Maybe not high-ceiling, high-reward, but low-risk.

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I always strive to get better.

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I was kind of at the turning point in my career with my knee. I was dealing with the struggles of trying to make the transition back on the court consistently and not a game here, then sit a game.

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I'm only 27 but still I've had a lot of experience just playing with different teams, different coaches, different players.

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Any time you sit out, it could throw off your rhythm a little bit, and I'm kind of a rhythm player.

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Being in this game nine years or whatever, you understand things happen. You can only control what you control, and that's on the court. You can't make front-office decisions and other stuff. You've just got to come out and do your job. You try to do it to the best of your ability.

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When you're in the right system, right fit and you got the right structure, it's easy to see certain players blossom. That was a key for me.

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I want people to use my story to stand up, be strong-willed and persevere.

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The knee was all deformed, bloodied up and leaking with puss. I just couldn't move it. Stiff. It was like I had a spare leg. All of my quad was skinny. It was like a pole with a pineapple in the middle of it.

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