Grew Quote by Masai Ujiri Download Open image “I grew up in northern Nigeria.” — Masai Ujiri ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.1 out of 5 (8 ratings) Copy quoteShare Grew Nigeria Northern Up
My dad's Nigerian and I grew up in London, and that's just how it is. — Emma Weymouth Copy Share Image
I identify myself as a Nigerian because that is where I was born and raised and where my family still lives. — Toks Olagundoye Copy Share Image
I live half the year in Nigeria, the other half in the U.S. But home is Nigeria - it always will be. I consider… — Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Copy Share Image
My grandma was raised in Ghana, and she went back there to work, so she could earn money for my mum's education in Nigeria.… — Wunmi Mosaku Copy Share Image
I'm very proud of my Nigerian heritage. I wasn't fortunate enough to be raised in a heavy Nigerian environment, because my parents were always… — Wale Copy Share Image
I'm first generation American, and my parents were both from Nigeria. — Rick Famuyiwa Copy Share Image
I'm from the south side of Nigeria, a place called Port Harcourt City... No one ever makes it out of there. I wanted to… — Burna Boy Copy Share Image
I grew up in a place called Port Harcourt, Nigeria, the youngest of four. What I remember most about Nigeria was the ease. I… — Yvonne Orji Copy Share Image
I was born in Owerri and grew up in the east of Nigeria, in Imo state. You could say I was a 'street boy':… — Nwankwo Kanu Copy Share Image
My parents were among the first families from their area to leave Nigeria and come to America, the land of the free. — Nnamdi Asomugha Copy Share Image
There is no doubt in my mind and I know in my time, there will be a Canadian basketball player playing for Toronto Raptors, 100% — Masai Ujiri Copy Share Image
Scouting is like CIA work and investigative work. You create a lot of stuff and try a lot of stuff. Some works and some… — Masai Ujiri Copy Share Image
The truth is that Africa is like everywhere else. There are poor areas, there are rich areas, there is a middle class. Some of… — Masai Ujiri Copy Share Image
I don't know how much of an impact I can have, but you hope you can have some. — Masai Ujiri Copy Share Image
Every day is different. There's always, as we call it in the NBA, a 'drama,' a team's drama, there's always something. — Masai Ujiri Copy Share Image
Everyone mentions the fact that I am the first African GM. I think it means nothing unless you impact people in Africa. That's what… — Masai Ujiri Copy Share Image
It's my responsibility to put a team on the floor that will win, and that attracts players. — Masai Ujiri Copy Share Image
The natural thing in Africa is to start playing soccer at 8 or 9. You go outside and you play like kids play basketball… — Masai Ujiri Copy Share Image
I represent a great continent. People ask, Is there pressure on me? I don't feel pressure at all. It's an unbelievable challenge for me,… — Masai Ujiri Copy Share Image
To be honest, women just make us smarter. They make us better. I've noticed that in my workplace. I've noticed that at home. I've… — Masai Ujiri Copy Share Image
I am confident about who I am as a person, my character, and as a human being. — Masai Ujiri Copy Share Image
Every man, they say, 'oh my wife is my boss.' So why can't they be bosses at work? — Masai Ujiri Copy Share Image
Where I grew up, learning was a collective activity. But when I got to school and tried to share learning with other students that… — Henry Giroux Copy Share Image
I grew up in Synagogue in the boys' choir. We didn't listen to music in the house; only at temple. Then I went to… — Mandy Patinkin Copy Share Image
The teacher is one who makes two ideas grow where only one grew before. — Elbert Hubbard Copy Share Image
I'm a strange mixture of my mother's curiosity; my father, who grew up the son of the manse in a Presbyterian family, who had… — Rupert Murdoch Copy Share Image
I think anyone that grew up in the '70s and '80s grew up with Bob Barker and Wink Martindale and I think that was… — Guy Fieri Copy Share Image
I got to meet some of the best people I've ever met, and we all grew as people and as entertainers. — Carrie Underwood Copy Share Image
Grew up in a small town where there was only one crazy guy. He didn't even go insane doing anything good, like going to… — Brian Posehn Copy Share Image
I have to say, I grew up with fashion because my mother was a seamstress, and she had an atelier. She would cut the… — Donatella Versace Copy Share Image
This role is more visible, and I grew up without a lot of that sort of modeling so I'm relieved and proud to have… — Wentworth Miller Copy Share Image
