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David Robinson

Researcher

59 quotes in 293 categories

David Robinson is a researcher, best known for Buster Keaton.

Quick Facts About David Robinson

Profession: Researcher
Notable works: Buster Keaton

About David Robinson

David Maurice Robinson is an American former professional basketball player. Nicknamed "the Admiral" for his service in the U.S. Navy, he spent his entire 14-year career with National Basketball Association (NBA) franchise San Antonio Spurs and is now a minority owner of the team. He is widely considered one of the greatest centers in both college basketball and NBA history.

Biography source: Wikipedia

Quotes by David Robinson

What I need to do is have a great positive attitude and a great work ethic. Those two things validate me. Yes,…

African american

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Just being raised in a home where my mother, from as early as I can remember, always taught me to be thinking…

Home

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Marc Gasol, he's more of a true center. There are guys who play that traditional center role, but the game is also…

Game

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It's an interesting juxtaposition, being student body president and leading others and learning how to effectively help people on the team in…

Body

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You have to raise your game, you have to be ready to compete, and you've just got to give Hakeem credit. He…

Credit

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I was always curious. I wanted to learn a little about a lot of things, and I really had to get pushed…

Achieve

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A well-rounded education has always been an issue close to my heart.

Always

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It's tragic that there are so few farmer-direct coffees in Africa, but it's very tough.

Africa

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You are overboard in deep open water without a PFD (personal floatation device), or at least that's what your instructor is yelling.…

Deep

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I know I will leave my work unfinished. I just hope I planted enough seeds in my children and grandchildren that they…

Children

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Keep working and saving and striving for a better future for your children, and for their children, even if you won't be…

Better

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I hope the young guys who are playing today realize what they have been given and will take it upon themselves to…

Back

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I'm not a great reader, believe it or not. It's not the vocabulary - my father made me read the dictionary when…

Attention

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You're always going to face criticism, you're always going to face challenges, but those things are there to make you stronger and…

Basketball

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Defense is what matters. Scoring doesn't interest me.

Basketball

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My fouls used to be ticky-tacky, but I learned real fast to make them count.

Fast

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It takes time; you look at what happened with LeBron, Wade, and Bosh. It took them a year or two to get…

Legs

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My dad was enlisted in the Navy; my mother was a nurse. It just was never a thought process. It was just…

Best

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A lot of these teams really forget that part of success comes with having veteran leadership. You see a lot of teams…

Leadership

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It's the playoffs. There's no room for okay.

Okay

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Preparation is everything.

Everything

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“YOU HAVE TO BE BOSS, AND NEVER LOSE YOUR STRENGTH TO A WEAKLING!”

Bosses

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Sometimes I feel like hitting somebody. You look at the refs and they say, 'We'll take care of it.' I think, 'Yeah?…

I think

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This is sports. In sports, you win and you lose. That's the nature of sports. You can't get away from that part…

Competition

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Tanzania sells about 50 million pounds of coffee a year to coffee-shop chains such as Starbucks and Peet's. But Sweet Unity is…

Chains

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