Tim Duncan Quotes

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• Basketball's so much like life: if something's going great, you wait a minute, it will change. If something's going bad, you wait a minute, it will change. So I try to play things on such an even keel, knowing that things are going to change. You take the good with the bad; you don't get too excited, you don't get too down and sometimes that's the hardest thing in the world to do when you're in the midst of it, but that's the best way to handle it.

  Tim Duncan

  Basketball, Play, Knowing

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  The time when there is no one there to feel sorry for you or to cheer for you is when a player is made.

  Tim Duncan

  Basketball, Sports, Sorry

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• I don't try to change myself to impress anybody. I'm just who I am.

  Tim Duncan

  Basketball, Who I Am, Trying

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• I'm still learning. Hopefully I can keep getting better, and not stop where I am now.

  Tim Duncan

  Basketball, Get Better, Hopefully

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• I am who I am because of the people who I grew up with and where I'm from.

  Tim Duncan

  Basketball, Who I Am, People

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• I enjoy jokes, smiling, and making people smile. I may be a little different, but that's OK, who wants to be normal anyway?

  Tim Duncan

  Smile, People, Inspirational Basketball

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• They say I have no emotions, but I'm excited even if you can't see it.

  Tim Duncan

  Basketball, Emotion, Excited

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• I'm not going anywhere. You can print that wherever you want to. I'm here and I'm a Spur for life.

  Tim Duncan

  Spurs, Want, Print

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• You've got to stay ready, especially around here. That's what we preach, you'll get your opportunity whether it comes at the beginning or in the middle or in the end whenever it may be. When your time comes, you need to be ready to go because you're going to earn your minutes

  Tim Duncan

  Basketball, Opportunity, Nba

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• I'm surrounded by nothing but great people. I've been blessed with that, so really, I've got no choice but to be an all-around good person.

  Tim Duncan

  Basketball, Blessed, People

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• Competition is great for everyone. Sports can teach you so much at an early age, including camaraderie and sportsmanship. Competition aspect is something I've always been big on - I always wanted to compete in something. It was swimming for many years, then I moved on to basketball. I had to find a way to channel my competitive energy, so I'm lucky that basketball worked out for me.

  Tim Duncan

  Basketball, Sports, Swimming

  Interview with Josh Staph, www.stack.com. January 1, 2007.

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• It always feels good to win, it's always tough to lose.

  Tim Duncan

  Winning, Feel Good, Tough

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• When you have to stop and think about things is when they go wrong.

  Tim Duncan

  Thinking

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• Standing on the court and holding up that trophy - it's so great you want to keep doing it over and over again.

  Tim Duncan

  Basketball, Want, Trophies

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• I've never gotten too high or too low. It only messes you up.

  Tim Duncan

  Basketball, Lows, Mess

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• I'm just somebody that isn't that impressed by [Michael Jordan]. There really isn't anybody in the world I'm impressed with.

  Tim Duncan

  World, Jordan, Impressed

  Source: www.nydailynews.com

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• I'm just going to play whatever game is in front of me.

  Tim Duncan

  Basketball, Games, Play

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• The only nickname I've ever had is Merlin, like the magician. I don't know why.

  Tim Duncan

  Nicknames, Magician, Knows

  Source: www.nydailynews.com

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• I just hope to make a difference.

  Tim Duncan

  Differences, Making A Difference

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• We are unselfish and we trust each other

  Tim Duncan

  Basketball, Nba, Unselfish

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• I'm not better when I force shots. I'm going to take them as they come. They are really sagging in there, trying to take me out of the game. It's my job to find guys. I want to be aggressive and take my shots, but I can't force them.

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  Jobs, Games, Guy

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• Get your education. The number of guys who are blessed to be in the league is so small compared to the number of high school players [who want to play in the league]. But one thing you can do is get your college education. If you are blessed enough to get a scholarship to play college basketball, make sure you get your college degree, too, then move on from there.

  Tim Duncan

  Basketball, Moving, Blessed

  Interview with Josh Staph, www.stack.com. January 1, 2007.

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• I don't usually set personal goals.

  Tim Duncan

  Basketball, Goal, Personal Goal

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• When our assists lead to baskets, that's us playing our best, and we begin knocking down shots.

  Tim Duncan

  Basketball, Shots, Knocking

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• In all seriousness, it really should be difficult for me to be too strange. After all, a great family raised me.

  Tim Duncan

  Strange, Should, Difficult

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