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Enes Kanter

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[Wikipedia] Enes Kanter Freedom is a Turkish and American human rights activist, New York Times bestselling author, 2022 Nobel Peace Prize nominee, and former professional basketball player who played 11 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA). Born in Switzerland to Kurdish parents, he was raised

Quotes by Enes Kanter

I'm a successful professional athlete, and whatever I'm going through in my private life would never impact my performance on court.

Court

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Because I play in the NBA, I am lucky enough to have a public platform, so I've used every opportunity to make…

Cruelty

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The only time I have fun is when I'm on the court.

Court

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Some of my teammates and coaches don't understand what I'm doing by speaking out, but they support me, for which I am…

Become

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I have a prominent platform and I want to use it to promote respect for human rights, democracy, and personal freedom. For…

Basketball

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The N.B.A. provides a big platform to shed light on the human rights violations in Turkey and gives a voice to the…

Big

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After my second year in the NBA, my prep years, my college, I hadn't really found myself.

College

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I am immensely blessed to be in America. This country has given me so much since I came here from Turkey as…

America

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My observance as a practicing Muslim in the NBA is somewhat uncommon. Since joining the league in 2011, my dedication to my…

Curiosity

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I'm an NBA player with no shoe deal. No endorsement deal. And I play in New York!

NBA

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The Turkish government is very famous for hunting down those who oppose Erdogan... I just didn't really want to risk my life…

Europe

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I mean, Turkey is my country. You know, it's my flag. That is where we're raised... My family is born there. So…

Born

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I receive many death threats. I used to love walking around New York City alone, but I can't do that anymore.

Alone

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After I see in OKC, I see this is how NBA teams are. You know how you're like in a dream and…

City

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I want to stay with the Knicks. They have great fans, team, organization, people. I would love to stay here.

Fans

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I remember during the draft I went to see a lot of organizations. But after you play in New York, you don't…

Cool

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Constant pressure by Turkish consulates across the United States, as well as pervasive and continual harassment by the government in Turkey, has…

Government

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My faith in Islam is not unlike my faith in the game of basketball: Both require immense determination, focus, passion and discipline.

Basketball

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Basketball is my escape, and I cannot bring any of my problems onto the court.

Any

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What am I doing, just playing basketball? It was eating at me. Because basketball, you play, you retire, you're done. I wanted…

Basketball

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Professional athletes have an enormous opportunity to be a source of inspiration for the younger generation, lead by example, and prove to…

Believe

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I have the travel documents. I have a green card. I can go anywhere.

Anywhere

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Our team security said, even if you go to a supermarket, have someone with you. So everywhere I go - grocery shopping,…

Crazy

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If you win in New York, you're the king of the world.

King

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I put out on Twitter that the only thing I terrorize is the rim. People know me, my teammates know me, everybody…

Everybody

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