Derek Fisher Quotes

#1. With my responsibilities comes having to manage my time more efficiently.

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#2. I'm more focused on the positives of why I'm here. I'll be able to address those things in due time. Right now it's about the Thunder and Oklahoma City.

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#3. I am and always will be a leader.

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#4. The source of my power and strength is God, and I know it, without a shadow of a doubt.

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#5. There's no sauce in the world like hunger.

Miguel De Cervantes

#6. You have to work hard at things.

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#7. You've got to stand up and do your own battles. My daddy taught me that a long time ago, that you fight your own battles. The only way to shut everybody up is to win.

Terry Bradshaw

#8. I've discovered new parts of my manhood, places I couldn't get to without loving someone else unconditionally and putting others before myself.

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#9. I don't know how many people feel strongly about what I do.

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#10. I am not a passenger in anything I do.

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#11. I feel like I'm capable of doing so many things to help people around the country and the world.

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#12. It is just an illusion of freedom. We are, perhaps, as free as a railway carriage.

Venugopal Gupta

#13. I have people that I'm close to that give me things to read throughout the season, and in particular in the playoffs and the postseason.

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#14. And if happiness were common, it would preserve itself, because appeals to hatred and fear, which now constitute almost the whole of politics would fall flat.

Bertrand Russell

#15. I really have to make sure that I'm staying true to who I am, and that I know my responsibilities to current N.B.A. players, to future N.B.A. players, to our past and retired N.B.A. Players.

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#16. I'm not chasing money, so I'm not looking at just trying to stretch out a deal artificially just to have a certain number.

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#17. My character has always been important to me. That was the one thing that I knew, no matter what, I had to hold that strong.

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#18. I will have Derek Fisher wear all 5 of his rings the first time he comes in to talk to Carmelo.

Phil Jackson

#19. My parents didn't have the opportunities that my wife and I have now, from a quality of life standpoint.

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#20. Basketball used to be my top priority.

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#21. I was a heartless, ungrateful wench of a girl who promised everyone who came into contact with me a one-way ticket to pain and hurt. I didn't know how to love and I didn't deserve to be loved back.

Sarra Manning

#22. Life for me outweighs the game of basketball.

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#23. Fatherhood will put a man through a lot, but it's a tremendous job, the best in the world - even better than playing basketball.

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#24. For us, destiny always feels ... if you obey, it's almost a passive thing.

Danny Boyle

#25. For a time during the 1980s the Royal Family were not just the most influential family in Britain but probably in Europe and Prince Charles specifically was very much like a defacto Cabinet member and what he said actually had impact on public policy.

Andrew Morton

#26. The like factor is a great thing. Love cannot burn constantly. It's very hard for it to be so intense. But it's wonderful.

Pierce Brosnan

#27. I don't feel like basketball is the only way to make a living.

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#28. You know, I have a responsibility to my team that if I'm going to be on the floor, then I have to make a difference.

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#29. Nothing prepares a family for having multiple children at once.

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#30. You're at your best, when you're focused and you're serious and passionate about what you do, but at the same time you can relax and have fun and be confident.

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#31. Nothing means more to me than helping my team win.

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#32. I hope my life will prove a useful & good one, to many people." - Vivien Leigh

Kendra Bean

#33. No matter. I was single, no children, a handful of plants and at 39, young enough to regroup. If I hit ground before I finished building my wings, I would not take anyone with me.

Gina Greenlee

#34. I would venture to guess that if I was a construction worker ... who requested a transfer to another department for the betterment of his family, I would be commended for it. But because it's sports, there's just so much passion added to it.

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#35. Teams are often pretty clear about what they can do or are willing to do.

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#36. I think I can bring a lot to the triangle offense. Derek Fisher wasn't the tallest guard, but what he did is succeed and have a great career. I'm looking forward to learning from him. I've never played in the system, so I want to get there early.

Shane Larkin