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But Now, Being A Parent, I Go Home And See My Son And I Forget About Any Mistake I Ever Made Or The Reason I'm Upset. I Get Home And My Son Is Smiling Or He Comes Running To Me. It Has Just Made Me Grow As An Individual And Grow As A Man.

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But Now, Being A Parent, I Go Home And See My Son And I Forget About Any Mistake I Ever Made Or The Reason I'm Upset. I Get Home And My Son Is Smiling Or He Comes Running To Me. It Has Just Made Me Grow As An Individual And Grow As A Man.

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For Me, Already Being Part Of A Single Parent Household And Knowing It Was Just Me And My Mom, You'd Would Wake Up Times And Hope That The Next Day You'd Be Able To Be Alongside Your Mother Because She Was Out Trying To Make Sure That I Was Taken Care Of. But All I Cared About Was Her Being Home.

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I Hate Letting My Teammates Down. I Know I'm Not Going To Make Every Shot. Sometimes I Try To Make The Right Play, And If It Results In A Loss, I Feel Awful. I Don't Feel Awful Because I Have To Answer Questions About It. I Feel Awful In That Locker Room Because I Could Have Done Something More To Help My Teammates Win.

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Commitment Is A Big Part Of What I Am And What I Believe. How Committed Are You To Winning? How Committed Are You To Being A Good Friend? To Being Trustworthy? To Being Successful? How Committed Are You To Being A Good Father, A Good Teammate, A Good Role Model? There's That Moment Every Morning When You Look In The Mirror: Are You Committed, Or Are You Not?

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I'm Under A Super Microscope. I've Got My Friends To Keep Me Cool. As Long As You've Got Friends, You've Got Nothing To Worry About.

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I'm A Pretty Funny Guy, And I Would Love To Do A Comedy With A Bunch Of Funny Guys - Movie-star Guys, Where They Could Help Me Through It.

Everywhere I've Been, I've Been The Best Player. I Love Being A Leader, And I Love Being The Best. I Just Want To Get Better. It's Not About Being Cocky Or Selfish Or Anything Like That. It's Just How I Am.

I Played Football For A Team Called The East Dragons On The East Side Of Town. We Only Had Six Regular Season Games. And Six Games I Played Tail Back And I Had 18 Touchdowns In Six Games. That's When I Knew I Had Some Athletic Ability.

A Lot Of Players Know How To Play The Game, But They Really Don't Know How To Play The Game, If You Know What I Mean. They Can Put The Ball In The Hoop, But I See Things Before They Even Happen. You Know How A Guy Can Make His Team So Much Better? That's One Thing I Learned From Watching Jordan.

As A Man, If You Got A Problem With Somebody, You Sit Down Face To Face And You Talk To Them Eye To Eye. And You Hash It Out And Move On.

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With That Locker Room I Could Sleep There After Games.

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