Quotes by Earl Monroe - Page 1

Play the game with a smile.
Earl Monroe / Basketball Player
Basketball
Games
Play
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One of my other nicknames was Thomas Edison, because I invented so many moves.
Earl Monroe / Basketball Player
Nicknames
Edison
Thomas
Thomas Edison
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The game of basketball is one thing, but the image of the game is another thing.
Earl Monroe / Basketball Player
Basketball
Games
One Thing
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Just be patient. Let the game come to you. Don't rush. Be quick, but don't hurry.
Earl Monroe / Basketball Player
Sports
Be Patient
Games
Inspirational Sports
Patient
Just
Come
Game
You
Hurry
Just Be
Quick
Rush
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Sport is the only profession I know of that when you retire you have to go to work.
Earl Monroe / Basketball Player
Funny
Sports
Nba
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Jamal Crawford reminds me the most of myself, the way he goes to the basket. But they need leadership.
Earl Monroe / Basketball Player
Leadership
Needs
Way
Myself Me Way
Basket
Reminds
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Guys have to look up to somebody. Everybody needs to have their own role and somebody has to be the star.
Earl Monroe / Basketball Player
Guy
Needs
Stars
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I think that any time you're able to get a guy like Carmelo Anthony to be on your team, you're going to be a step up.
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Guy
Team
Thinking
Step
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Basketball for me has always been a matter of rhythm - what you do bouncing the ball, how you bounce the ball, how you run, how you receive the ball to be in rhythm.
Earl Monroe / Basketball Player
Running
Balls
Basketball
Bounce
Rhythm
Always Me Matter
Ball
Bouncing
Me Always Matter
Receive
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I started playing baseball and soccer. Those were my sports on the streets and in school when I was growing up. I didn't even start playing basketball until I was 14.
Earl Monroe / Basketball Player
Sports
Basketball
Soccer
Streets
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I have been involved in music since 1972 when I started managing two artists from The Jimi Hendrix Band. My family has been involved in music for years, so it's kind of in my blood. I just wish I could sing!
Earl Monroe / Basketball Player
Artist
Blood
Hendrix
Years
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Baltimore was like a small town when I got there - the Colts, the Orioles, guys like Frank Robinson, we all knew and respected each other. Everyone would cross paths at one point at Lenny Moore's Sportsman's Lounge, trading stories and having some fun.
Earl Monroe / Basketball Player
Frank
Fun
Guy
Small Town
Sportsman
Stories
Trading
Cross
Guys
Small
Lenny
Lounge
Moore
Paths
Robinson
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When people ask me what I miss most about the game, it's being in the locker room and getting to know the guys. Back in those days, we had roommates. We had to talk basketball and that was a great way to understand the game itself and form those lasting relationships.
Earl Monroe / Basketball Player
Basketball
Games
Lasting
Locker Room
People
Great Me Game
Miss
Great Game Me
Great Way
Locker
Roommates
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