Jabari Parker

I was named after a Muslim.

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Sleep is so essential.

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I'm a man of habit.

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Milwaukee, man... it's home.

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Kids are cruel.

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I have big goals and dreams.

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Yeah, I've had injuries.

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I focus on the team.

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I have dreams after basketball.

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My brother, Christian, helps me stay focused and grounded.

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You can't strip anyone of their dreams of pursuing a job.

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I know there are a lot of eyes on me.

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I played a lot of 4. Even in high school.

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It was always a goal of mine to be in the NBA.

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I don't aspire to be the richest man.

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I want to show good sportsmanship.

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I know what it was like to grow up in Chicago and see the same problems every day.

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We carry home with us, all the good and the bad and the in-between.

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My parents, they come from different backgrounds. They don't even value money.

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We might all come from different places, but home means something - something powerful - to each of us.

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I can't be complacent and have to be aggressive. Sometimes I can be too nonchalant in a game.

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Nobody is different from anyone else, no matter what the situation. We're all equal.

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I'm just always around my cars. My favorite brand is Cadillac.

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My mother is basically an immigrant because she came from Tonga.

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As a basketball player, you dream of being able to play in front of your hometown. And if you're lucky, other guys…

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It's always good to have people from my school accomplish great things. It doesn't necessarily have to be just basketball. I want…

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When you grow up where healthy food isn't easily accessible, you eat a lot of processed food and whatever else is available…

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I wouldn't express myself as shy. I have to be in my comfort zone, like everybody else. You have to take time…

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I know nobody likes practice, nobody enjoys it, but you have to build some type of excitement and expectation and learn something.

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We're professionals, everybody scores. It's just a matter of limiting them as much as you can and trying to contain them.

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My role is what I make it to be. That's just playing the right way, being a good teammate and hopefully everything…

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You know I'm a Chicago kid, and Chicago will always have a big piece of my heart. But with Milwaukee - for…

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Going back and getting my degree is something that I promised myself and my mom the day I called her and my…

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No matter how far I get into my career, even if I get hurt again, it's just a part of who I…

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I think in college they give you a chance to really mature, form yourself and build relationships. I think that’s what a…

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Growing up, I admired old cars. In Chicago, on the South Side, people didn't have the newest cars, but one thing I…

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Old cars have things to say. With an old car, you have to be extra observant about everything. You have to listen…

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My dad is more credible than almost anybody I know. Growing up, I think I took for granted having a father in…

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I wanted to be like Juwan Howard, whose basketball camp I went to as kid for six years. Those camps meant everything…

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I'm black, and he's said some controversial stuff about black people. When it comes to me not supporting Donald Trump, it's correlated…

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