Alonzo Mourning Quotes

• If we all make a concerted effort and try to improve the life of someone else, then this world would be a better place to live in.

  Alonzo Mourning

  Basketball, Effort, Trying

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• We've got babies raising babies, and it's important for us as responsible adults to go out and do what we can to make sure that our kids are steered in the right direction.

  Alonzo Mourning

  Baby, Kids, Important

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• You can want and hope, or you can make it happen.

  Alonzo Mourning

  Want, Happens, Make It Happen

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• Tough times don't last, but tough people do. And I've been through some tough times, and I know a lot of people can recall tough times, and maybe are going through some tough times right now, but they don't last.

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  People, Tough Times, Lasts

  "Alonzo Mourning: The Edge of Sports Interview". Interview with Dave Zirin, bleacherreport.com. January 27, 2009.

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• If I would have listened to other people back in 2000 telling me I should have stopped playing basketball because of a kidney disease, I wouldn't have won a world championship.

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  Inspirational, Basketball, Should Have

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• I listen to myself. I listen to my body, my mind, I follow my heart.

  Alonzo Mourning

  Heart, Mind, Body

  "Zo talks comeback and Wade being NBA MVP". Interview with Sarah Rothschild, blogs.herald.com. August 13, 2008.

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• I had individuals in my life to help me make the right decisions because it wasn't about them accepting handouts. It was about them making the right decisions for me.

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  Decision, Helping, Individual

  "Alonzo Mourning: The Edge of Sports Interview". Interview with Dave Zirin, bleacherreport.com. January 27, 2009.

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• I was hurting. I had some ailments I was dealing with. It's not like I was holding out.

  Alonzo Mourning

  Hurt, Holding On, Ailments

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• I'm excited about what the future will bring and I think the best is yet to come.

  Alonzo Mourning

  Thinking, Best Is Yet To Come, Excited

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• I know that all good things must come to an end and I've had an incredible ride. I just want to end it on the right note.

  Alonzo Mourning

  Want, Incredibles, Good Things

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• There's a disappointment there because I still feel there's an emptiness in my career that just wasn't filled.

  Alonzo Mourning

  Sports, Disappointment, Careers

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• I feel like in America, we don't have a kid problem. You think about all these issues that these kids are dealing with, we have an adult problem. We have adults that do not place the priority on our kids to get a valuable education.

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  Kids, Thinking, America

  "Alonzo Mourning: The Edge of Sports Interview". Interview with Dave Zirin, bleacherreport.com. January 26, 2009.

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• My health is the No. 1 concern and my longevity is the No. 1 concern.

  Alonzo Mourning

  Longevity, Concern

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• I want to live 50 more years. I'm 33 years old... and I want to live to at least be 80 and see my kids grow up and see my grandkids. That's important to me.

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  Sports, Growing Up, Kids

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• I think in every lesson there's a blessing, and there's so many blessings from all the lessons I've had to go through in life.

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  Blessing, Thinking, Lessons

  "Alonzo Mourning: The Edge of Sports Interview". Interview with Dave Zirin, bleacherreport.com. January 27, 2009.

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• I had to develop the mentality and stay positive about making my comeback.

  Alonzo Mourning

  Stay Positive, Comeback, Mentality

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• I've got to make some decisions just like any other player that has ever played this game, that eventually the clock stops, their basketball clock stops.

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  Inspirational, Basketball, Player

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• There's nobody else on the face of this earth that's playing a sport at a highest level... with a transplant. That alone continues to inspire me, because I realize throughout the whole world the struggles that people are going through. I need to inspire them the best way I can.

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  Sports, Struggle, People

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• A win is a win, regardless of how you look at it.

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  Winning, Looks

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• You can play a particular sport as long as you take good care of your body and you're confident enough and still have that hunger to where you want to be a part of an organization, a group of individuals where you feel you can contribute to the success of that team.

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  Sports, Team, Play

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• Once my doctor began treating my kidney disease, my greatest challenge was the constant exhaustion. Fortunately, my doctor explained that anemia was causing my exhaustion and that people with serious illnesses, like kidney disease, may be at increased risk for anemia.

  Alonzo Mourning

  Sports, Doctors, Serious Illness

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• I've got to worry about Alonzo Mourning, because a year or two ago there was a chance that Alonzo Mourning wouldn't be standing here talking to you. That's the cold reality of it.

  Alonzo Mourning

  Reality, Talking, Years

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• I am reaching a point in my life where the basketball chapter in my life is slowly closing from a competition standpoint.

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  Inspirational, Basketball, Competition

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• I have an incredible amount of basketball knowledge, and I think a lot of that is derived from having a Hall of Fame college basketball coach who was very knowledgeable of the game and I had a great high school coach who was also very knowledgeable.

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  Inspirational, Basketball, School

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• So many people feel that once you reach a certain age then it's time for you to retire from a sport you love. I don't think that's true at all. I think age should not dictate that.

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  Sports, Thinking, People

  "Zo talks comeback and Wade being NBA MVP" by Sarah Rothschild, blogs.herald.com. August 13, 2008.

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