Shawn Kemp Quotes

Shawn Kemp

Profession : Athlete

Birth : November 26, 1969

People enjoy the game of basketball, so if you're not smiling, the fans are not going to smile. You can't go around mean-mugging everybody at every game.

Shawn Kemp

When I walk into a gym full of kids, I could be having the worst day possible, but once you see the kids smile it changes your whole day around.

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There is no positive outlook about Shawn Kemp in Seattle. When that name is mentioned, it brings nothing but negativity.

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I've got some kids out there; it's no secret. I've never been late on payments. I've handled it as best as I possibly can. There's no lawsuits. I try to stay on top of it.

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I just want to get as far away from Indiana as possible.

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We need the Sonics back.

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I always found it a great challenge playing against Michael Jordan, to play against Magic Johnson, to play against Larry Bird, to play against all those good players because it's something that you can take away from it.

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It was just one of those things that, you know, you get to the NBA and have success and you just wanna play against the best, you don't wanna play with the best.

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I would never let myself go back there to play another 82-game season in Seattle. I think the team deserves better and the fans deserve better.

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Money means a lot of respect. It means a lot of accomplishment and a lot of hard work.

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I will be Shawn Kemp regardless of whether I have money or not. The only thing money does is show who you are.

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I don't know when, or how, but I feel it: Basketball will come back to Seattle.

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I've been married 23 years now. Gone from spending all of my time on the road to being a husband and father.

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I was known for a lot of dunks, but my first big dunk really came here in New York. I had some others back then, but my first major dunk came against the Knicks and Kenny 'Sky' Walker. So, you know, New York has a lot of meaning to me.

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The best feeling is when you dunk on a big guy bigger than you, then you can give him that look. It shrinks him down a bit!

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In the NBA, you always have to make the right decisions. You should feel free to live a normal life, but you really can't.

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I love Karl Malone.

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When a person gets to the age of 35 and you go to jail, it either makes you or breaks you. It made me identify what I wanted.

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I came into the league fighting, and it looks like I'm going to go out fighting.

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I've been called so many names and been written off by so many people who just say, 'Whatever happened to this guy?'

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