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It's my nature, and I was given this by my parents, to

It’s my nature, and I was given this by my parents, to live for those big moments.
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When I was a baby, if I cried, my parents didn’t give me a blanket. They gave me a ball and sent me to the little court in our backyard. I must have cried a lot because I was one of those kids who could dribble and shoot at 5 years old.
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Nothing is ever like home.
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The different kinds of injuries, you go through a lot of different kinds of pain. But the most painful thing is actually the rehab. You have to go through pain in order to get better. The pain you feel during rehab is actually a good thing, it’s something you have to go through in order to get better.
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When the shot doesn’t go in, you have to do other things.
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I love basketball.
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How can you be negative living the basketball NBA life? It’s impossible.
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I’m tired of thinking about playoffs, playoffs, six, seven, eighth spot. I want to think about championship. That’s something that we always thought when I came to Denver. That’s what I felt as soon as I came to Denver coming from New York where we were not winning.
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I travel all around the world every summer.
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I got my driver’s license in Milan, so if you can drive in Milan you can drive all over the world.
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You don’t have time to put yourself down or think about negative stuff.
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Nobody is going to give you anything. You’ve got to earn everything.
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With your mom, you always find ways to talk about stuff.
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It makes me feel good, when people say you are important to the team.
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If at the end of the season it gets better, I’ll take that over shooting good at the beginning and not shooting good towards the end of the season.
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In the third level you can have only one American on your team. In the second level you can have two, and in the first level you can have as many as you want. So I was 17 playing against men, some who were 30 or 35. It’s a good way to develop, playing in Europe. You can get better faster.
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Learning from different cultures and talking to people is such a great experience, and getting to use basketball to do that is special.
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The nation of Italy has a great, great friend in Chris Paul.
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When I was 18 it was my last season in Milan. I was 18 turning 19 and it was my last season in Milan and I knew that that year was very important for me. A lot of scouts were coming to every game.
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You’ll always find me in the gym, working on my game.
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I don’t like to go shopping.
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I’m just focusing on playing the game the right way.
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If you don’t like the pressure you shouldn’t play basketball.
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The only thing we can control is the daily work we put in, and that’s all that matters.
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I like to try the local food no matter where I go.
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The thought of someone I love getting sick and dying, and me never getting a chance to see them before it’s too late? That is truly my worst nightmare.
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The stats don’t matter to me a lot as long as we win.
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My only focus and our only focus as players is to be focused on our job, in the gym and do what we’re supposed to do. We get paid a lot of money to play basketball, and that’s what we got to focus on.
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Whatever the coach wants me to do and needs me to do win, that’s what I’m going to do.
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Time goes pretty fast.
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I think I have to be stronger mentally.
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It's something that we need to do as players. Giving ba

It’s something that we need to do as players. Giving back is key. And especially because of the reactions and feelings that you get after you give back. Honestly, that feeling is better than winning a game.
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I’m always the first player from either team to take the court for the opening tip, and usually when I get out there the three refs are standing in the same spots every time – one at half court, and then one near each free throw line.
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Now to be the NBA player that gets to coach the little kids and talk to them and enjoy time with them, I think is just amazing.
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The love and interest the Clippers showed me was amazing.
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I would walk around in all these cities we lived in because my dad would move around so much. I would just walk the streets with a ball in my hand, and my mom holding my other handing waiting to find a hoop to play in. That was my first love of basketball.
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I love the city. I have a house here. After my career is over, Denver is going to be my city.
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Anyone who knows me knows that I am a very positive person.
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Spending seven to eight hours in the gym every day is not easy.
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If getting more black eyes helps the team win, I’ll get more.
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I’ve been in love with basketball from the moment I shot my first shot, hanging out with my father. When I was a kid I would stay in the gym waiting for my dad to finish practicing. I was just shooting.
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Since I was 16 years old entering professional league, all the eyes were on me. And in Milan you have to win… every game.
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Well, Italy is huge for me. I’ve been going back every summer, not just to see my family, but play with the Italian National Team. So, Italy plays a huge role in my life. It will always play a huge role in my life.
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I want to play well, and I want to win.
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I signed with a club when I was 12. I started living by myself at 14. I turned pro at 16. I grew up playing nothing but point guard, and suddenly, I was a 16-year-old small forward matched up against 35-year-old men.
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I had two big injuries, one in my back my rookie year and when I was in Denver, my knee.
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I want it because I love it. I loved it my whole career. I’ve always played with a lot of pressure, since I was a little kid. That’s what I need. That’s what I need to perform at a high level and that’s what I need to bring the best out of me.
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Everybody has their job, their speciality and talents – I can play basketball but I need somebody to help me out with my financial situation.
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Trying to speak correct English is not easy.
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At 17, I joined Olimpia Milano, the club my dad played for. Giorgio Armani was the sponsor. Everyone wanted to play for Milano because of him. They called him Re Giorgio, King Giorgio. We’d spend entire days at his stores, getting measured and fitted for suits.
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