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As an Olympian, I wear that flag and I've gone all over the world. I've represented the United States, so I have a deep pride for our flag.
Maya Moore / Basketball Player
Olympian
Pride
Flag
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Trying to fit my strengths with my teammates' strengths, utilizing everyone to the max, is really fun to watch and really a fun way to play.
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Max
Utilizing
Teammates
Strengths
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I take an approach of focusing on characteristics and qualities that I want to be as a teammate and the numbers will take care of themselves.
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Approach
Care
Characteristics
Numbers
Take Care
Teammate
Care Will Take Care
Focusing
Qualities
Themselves
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Great coaches help create an environment that makes the players want to be successful and work hard and accomplish goals for their teammates.
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Accomplish
Coaches
Work Great Goals
Teammates
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There are different ways to lead throughout a practice or a year. Whatever that moment needs is something I've always tried to be ready to do.
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Different Ways
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I'm just going to continue to make good plays. Making the right decisions, good decisions with the ball so my team can play with a great flow.
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Flow
Right Decisions
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There are so many - namely black and brown bodies - who have experienced a different America than what the mainstream American flag symbolizes.
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American Flag
Brown
Bodies
Flag
Namely
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I wanted to make it clear I wouldn't play in the 2020 season and the Olympics, but don't think it's the right time to put retirement out there.
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Olympics
Retirement
Time Right Right Time
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I want to succeed, but I want to make an impact in the people's lives that I'm around. So that means teammates, fans, coaches, staff, everybody.
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Coaches
Staff
Teammates
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One of my favorite things to do is teach kids to shoot a basketball. When they finally get it and their eyes light up, it's the greatest feeling.
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Favorite Things
Greatest Feeling
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I walk with the Lord, just trusting day by day and week by week and month by month, what the next season holds and what the best next move for me is.
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Best Walk Me
Holds
Trusting
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Red velvet cake is my absolute favorite. It has to be an actual slice of cake, not a cupcake; there's more surface area, so the icing ratio is higher.
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Cake
Higher
Icing
Red
Surface
Velvet
Absolute
Actual
Area
Favorite
Ratio
Slice
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You need to be able to find joy in something that requires so much of yourself. I have to have that deeper meaning in my work and in my everyday life.
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Deeper
Deeper Meaning
Everyday
Everyday Life
Joy
Life Work Yourself
Meaning
Requires
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From the energy of the Olympic crowd to the celebratory feel of the Brazilian culture, I expect nothing less than an exciting and unforgettable 2016 event.
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Unforgettable
Brazilian
Olympic
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I lived in a kind of a middle class home, and I didn't really have a lot of experience with the justice system or prisons or really being aware of that world.
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Middle Class
Prisons
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Culture in general wants to connect ethical issues with consumerism. And we can see that overflowing into something that is consumed so much, which is sports.
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Sports
Consumed
Ethical
General
Connect
Overflowing
Wants
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What defines 'success' - answering that question - is so important when you're growing up as an athlete. Success for one kid is different than for another kid.
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Answering
Defines
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When I was in high school, we won our state championship my sophomore year. We worked so hard that year because we had lost in the state championship the year before.
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Championship
Sophomore
Sophomore Year
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I want to be aware of how I treat others, not thinking too highly of myself to be a servant in a culture which tries to place me on a throne that only God should sit.
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Culture
Thinking
Trying
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You have to be able to bounce back and deal with disappointment, failure and weaknesses, and a lot of that happens behind the scenes for teams that are very successful.
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Bounce
Disappointment
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Eyeliner changes everything! I also think a little lip-gloss or lipstick can brighten up your whole look, even after a practice when your hair is still a little bit wet!
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Lipstick
Wet
Brighten
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I have had such a unique experience in the game. I got to experience the best of my craft, and I did that multiple times. There is nothing more I wish I could experience.
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Multiple
Craft
Unique Experience
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In this journey there is so much to my life that I just do privately... I don't really make it a huge priority to tell every single thing that I do every single day about my life.
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Journey
Life Day My Life
Every Single Day
Every Single Thing
Priority
Single Day
Single Thing
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It's one of those things, you keep showing up, doing what you do, doing what you love to do, and fortunately we win the game - because you can't get the MVP if you don't win the game.
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Showing Up
What You Love
Fortunately
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I think a winner has to be a master of preparation, they have to be a master of connection, extremely competitive and have really high standards for themselves and the people around them.
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High Standards
Preparation
Standards
Winner
Around
Competitive
Connection
High
Master
Extremely
Themselves
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My coach at UConn, Geno Auriemma, taught me to take more risks, because in basketball, if you overthink things, the moment will pass you by. That's good advice for life off the court, too.
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Good Advice
Life Good Moment
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My favorite singer is Canton Jones, a gospel hip-hop artist - when I'm on the bus going to a game, I listen to him in my own little world, singing and dancing; he gets me ready to play every time.
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Gospel
Time Game World
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Opinions are very easily heard in our media and technology-type of world that we're in. I just try to stay focused on the people that I'm around every day that I work with, that I trust and value.
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Stay Focused
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I think our criminal justice system has two problems. We have systematic problems and we have people problems. So if the hearts of people are not about justice than any system you have won't work.
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Work
Criminal Justice
Criminal Justice System
Justice
Two
Work Justice People
Any
Work Problems People
Criminal
Hearts
Problems
System
Than
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Our country comes from a centuries-long culture of dehumanizing black and brown bodies. So what role does racism play? A huge role. You can't downplay how deeply woven and embedded this is in our country.
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Embedded
Racism
Woven
Bodies
Deeply
Downplay
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I never want to say that I had glory days. I like to think that every new year there's something great that can happen, something great will happen, whether it's a basketball thing or an off-the-court thing.
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New Year
Basketball
Glory
Great Will New
Days
Great New Will
Happen
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When I stepped away two springs ago, I just really wanted to shift my priorities to be able to be more available and present to show up for things that I felt were mattering more than being a professional athlete.
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Professional Athlete
Springs
Shift
Stepped
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I think there is so many elements of the culture of basketball that Jordan leads in and has been a leader over the years - from Michael's on court legacy to his work ethic, competitiveness, passion, and leadership.
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Competitiveness
Elements
Jordan
Legacy
Work Ethic
Ethic
Leads
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Title IX is huge for sports but also its helped move our nation to a place where we can accept women in the workforce as well. Its opened up a lot of jobs for women. We had a female run for president in Hillary Clinton.
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Jobs
Running
Sports
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I think the first team I ever played for was a YMCA team, probably around when I was seven years old. And really I have vague memories of it. I think, at that age, you're just trying to make sure the ball stays in bounds.
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Bounds
Memories
Seven
Vague
Ball
Stays
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It's tough, but you can still find joy in the struggle. Going through a season with a lot of struggles, I got a lot of practice. You have to set yourself up for joy, give yourself the best opportunity to have that going on inside.
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Joy
Practice
Struggle
Tough
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I've been learning about defunding our investment in police force mentality, and reinvesting in, what do young people need? What do people who get involved in drugs need, what do families need outside of money to take care of their families?
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Mentality
Police Force
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Something that is unique to coaching young people is there is such a range of talent, skill development and personality. And it's important to coach age-appropriately. You want to instill the fundamentals, always. But the right fundamentals.
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Coaching
Development
Fundamentals
Instill
Range
Talent
Unique
Coach
Skill
Young People
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I think that any time you get into an area where it requires humility, and accountability, it's gonna get touchy. And so I understand the reality of when someone says something that requires you to look at yourself and change, it's not easy.
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Accountability
Humility
Touchy
Change Time Reality
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This is a fast-paced world we live in, especially the sports and entertainment industry. There is a constant demand for performance, for something new, something excellent. That doesn't just happen. You have to have enough inside to pour out.
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Demand
Entertainment Industry
Excellent
Fast Paced
Something New
Pour
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When I think of the most valuable coach, I definitely think of a coach like Geno Auriemma, and the things I learned from him that stick out in my mind are his passion for the game, competing at all the little things and doing it at a high level.
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Competing
High Level
Little Things
Valuable
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Any time you have an opportunity to do something for the first time, it's super exciting, and I just want to soak up everything, and each experience... just to say that you've represented your country at the Olympics, it's such a rare opportunity.
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Olympics
Time Experience Opportunity
Rare
Soak
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Prosecutorial misconduct is one of the most detrimental problems in our criminal justice system, because prosecutors are essentially the most powerful actors in our justice system because they set the charges, they basically set up the rules of the game.
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Criminal Justice
Criminal Justice System
Detrimental
Misconduct
Most Powerful
Rules
Charges
Criminal
Essentially
Prosecutors
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Even if you don't become a professional athlete, the experience of working with a team, knowing how to set goals, and working every day to figure out how to accomplish those goals definitely gives you confidence to apply those same characteristics to other life challenges.
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Accomplish
Characteristics
Professional Athlete
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For centuries in this country, black people were seen as three-fifths of a person. So when you hear the national anthem or you see an American flag as an African American person who has experienced the effects of that dehumanizing existence, it's not going to mean the same.
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American Flag
Anthem
Black
Country
Effects
Existence
National Anthem
People Black See
People See Person
African
Seen
Centuries
Black People Person
Black People Country
Experienced
Flag
Black Country People
Hear
National
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I don't think you can say that one aspect of my life built my perspective. It is a combination of my faith, my family, the people I've met at Connecticut and understanding that basketball is a platform for something bigger than the game, helping people, touching people's lives.
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Combination
Connecticut
Touching
Life Faith Family
Life Family Faith
One Aspect
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We are in a world where people are understanding that athletes and entertainers are citizens too. Some of us want to leverage our platform for good, and I want to be someone who is thoughtful and real about trying to influence people in a way that will lead to healthier communities and a better nation.
Maya Moore / Basketball Player
Citizens
Entertainers
Influence
Thoughtful
Understanding
Good World Better
Athletes
Good Better World
Communities
Nation
Lead
Healthier
Leverage
Platform
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I would say get to know somebody who isn't exactly like you and doesn't come from the same background as you, educate yourself and then just keep showing up. Finding ways to show up for people and your voice will come out of that relationship and out of your pursuit to seeing people who aren't exactly like you.
Maya Moore / Basketball Player
Relationship
Educate
Pursuit
Seeing
Showing Up
Voice
Yourself Your People
Relationship Yourself Your
Come
Background
Show
Same
Relationship Yourself People
Exactly
Say
Finding
Ways
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As a student of the game, it is a dream come true to align myself with a brand that has a rich history in sports. Like most kids, I grew up idolizing Michael Jordan and continue to work relentlessly to reach his iconic status on the court. I'm truly motivated to take my career to the next level as a member of Team Jordan.
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Dream
Sports
Team
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