Bigs Quotes - Page 33

• The Universe knows what it's doing. So don't develop a big ego, and don't be afraid.

  Benjamin Hoff

  Ego, Knows, Universe

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• ...Basketball doesn't care what color your skin is. It doesn't care what language you speak or what religion you practice. It doesn't care if you're big or small, fast or slow. It just asks you to play, to complete, to lose with dignity, to win humility.

  Jim Calhoun

  Basketball, Humility, Winning

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• We're going to miss Damon. He was a great shooter. . . . He got what he wanted, but he gave up a lot. No more night life, no more warm weather and no more a lot of media attention. . . . I guess this was his first shot at getting something big. I guess he had to take it.

  Shaquille O'Neal

  Basketball, Night, Media

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• I don't let individual statistics make me a focus or more of a focus. I just tried to come out and attack early and get a big lead. We were able to take it in overtime and win.

  LeBron James

  Basketball, Winning, Focus

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• However much we may sympathize with a small nation confronted by a big and powerful neighbor, we cannot in all circumstances undertake to involve the whole British Empire in a war simply on her account. If we have to fight it must be on larger issues than that.

  Neville Chamberlain

  Powerful, Military, War

  "Deal or dud: How will history judge Iran agreement?" by Tim Lister, www.cnn.com. November 25, 2013.

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• I had a big troupe, a big army and it was a lot of fun. And, after 10 years of that, I just decided that I wanted to travel and do special dates. I go to Las Vegas these days.

  Bobby Vinton

  Travel, Fun, Army

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• A major league pitching coach is a really difficult job. It takes a big commitment in terms of time, travel and workload.

  David Cone

  Travel, Jobs, Commitment

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• Right now I'm so old that if I had a big gush of money, I don't know what I'd do with it. I don't travel anymore. I don't need anything, don't want anything. I'd give it to my son, I guess, and let him enjoy it.

  Jack Vance

  Travel, Son, Giving

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• A trip to the mainland was a big event and happened maybe once a year, although now you can get across in a speed boat in seven minutes but then it was a long way away.

  Jeremy Irons

  Travel, Journey, Years

  "Oscar, Tony, and Emmy Award-Winning Actor". The Academy of Achievement Interview, www.achievement.org. October 27, 2000.

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• I love playing big rooms. There's nothing like it. It's a power trip.

  Jewel

  Travel, Journey, Rooms

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• Do you know how I feel about that? I'm sure this is no big surprise... what a mistake. I should never have voted for that, but I accepted what [former Secretary of State] Colin Powell and the others said. But it took me just a matter of a few months to realize it was a bad mistake, and my record speaks for itself. I've spoken out against what was going on, not once, not twice, but lots of times. And I'm sorry that I was misled, but I was, and it was a mistake for me to vote for that war.

  Harry Reid

  Sorry, Military, War

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• Why is commitment such a big problem for a man? I think that for some reason when a man is driving down that freeway of love, the woman he's with is like an exit, but he doesn't want to get off there. He wants to keep driving. And the woman is like, "Look, gas, food, lodging, that's our exit, that's everything we need to be happy... Get off here, now!" But the man is focusing on the sign underneath that says, "Next exit 27 miles," and he thinks, "I can make it."

  Jerry Seinfeld

  Funny Love, Commitment, Thinking

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• Everybody wants to talk about NBA players being selfish and arrogant and individuals. But what you saw today was a team bonding and facing adversity and coming out with a big win.

  Kobe Bryant

  Basketball, Team, Selfish

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• Music has always been a big part of my life. It's kind of like a refuge for me. I just use it to get away.

  Kevin Durant

  Basketball, Use, Kind

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• I'm a big competitor.

  Kevin Durant

  Basketball, Competitors

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• A big market is something that doesn't really concern me too much. It's cool to think about, it's good for off-the-court deals. But I'm more of a basketball player. That's what I want to be known as. And this is the best place for me to play basketball. I'm glad I'm here.

  Kevin Durant

  Basketball, Thinking, Player

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• I think that my God-given physical attributes, big hands, and big feet, the way that I'm built, proportion-wise, just made basketball the most inviting sport for me to play.

  Julius Erving

  Basketball, Sports, Wise

  The Academy of Achievement Interview, www.achievement.org. June 26, 1992.

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• I believe a big part of leadership is about winning the moment.

  Mike Krzyzewski

  Basketball, Believe, Winning

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• The difference between Namath and me is that when you make the money he makes, they say you're ruggedly handsome. When you make the money I make, they say you have a big nose. (On resembling Joe Namath)

  Jim Valvano

  Basketball, Differences, Noses

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• But that is the only thing that slows me down is the system. No one, two or three was big enough to slow me down, only the system. It was the system that slowed me down to make my numbers fall. Not because I am older.

  Shaquille O'Neal

  Basketball, Fall, Two

  Interview with Tracy Stevens, www.ign.com. March 25, 2005.

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• I only weigh 220, so I have to do something to keep from being tossed around by all the guys who weigh 250 and more. I train hard, but I don't try to get too big.

  Dennis Rodman

  Basketball, Train Hard, Guy

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• I would like to be referred to as 'The Big Aristotle'.

  Shaquille O'Neal

  Basketball

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• Kobe enjoys that situation. Stepping up and making the big basket or being involved in a key play.

  Jason Kidd

  Basketball, Play, Keys

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• The NBA is a big family, and I think of all these rookies as my brothers. I still believe I am blue collar among the All-Stars.

  Yao Ming

  Basketball, Brother, Stars

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• We lived in Yorkville, which is located on the East End of Manhattan. It's further east than Hell's Kitchen, and back then it was the kind of place where the roaches and cockroaches were big enough to carry away small children.

  Bob Cousy

  Motivational, Basketball, Children

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