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“I don't want to be a basketball player that's a businessman. I want to be a businessman that's a business.”
“I've been able to meet interesting people who have helped me. And, in turn, I want to help out my fellow NBA players.”
“The key to success is to find things that you have a passion for and would enjoy doing, even if you weren't getting paid to do it.”
“You see a lot of finesse players in our league who have a lot of success.”
“I have a drive to get more steals and improve my game and stats overall every year.”
“People ask what message I have for kids, and it's simple: Just go outside.”
“I came to the Bay Area not just to play basketball but to explore business interests.”
“In high school, I figured I'd get a few extra baskets by getting steals. I would just pressure up the ball.”
“I feel like golf has brought me some peace.”
“The biggest thing is to give it back. You want to leave the game in a better situation than you came in with it. That's really important to me, especially being an avid reader and just learning about how to build businesses, learning how to make the most of the business you're in, the ins and outs of the relationships that you build as well.”
“I understand that, in this league, there are a lot of guys who can be All Stars, be superstars, so timing and circumstance plays a huge role.”
“Especially as pro athletes, at the highest level, what we put into our bodies plays a huge part in our performance.”
“They make documentaries like 'Fast Food Nation.' The food our kids are eating in schools, the vending machines kids go to a lot, the portions of food that American restaurants are serving that are bigger than anywhere else in the world - it's kind of crazy.”
“Kevin Gamble was one of the first NBA players from my city.”
“It's just something I pride myself on as a basketball player, having that knowledge, being the guy who can go to any situation and make the situation better for that team.”
“Sometimes fans, sometimes even players, they don't know the game sometimes, and they look at numbers, or they use smoke-and-mirrors as far as who's a top 15 player, who's a top 20 player.”
“I don't think I can coach.”
“Yoga helps me with basketball, but it helps me outside of it more than anything.”
“It's definitely important for kids to learn in many different settings.”
“The tech titans and the tech guys who I most admire are the ones behind the scenes.”