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Alonzo Mourning
Age: 54
Born: 1970
Born: February 8
Basketball Player
Chesapeake
Virginia
Alonzo Harding Mourning
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Happen
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My health is the No. 1 concern and my longevity is the No. 1 concern.
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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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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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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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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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I'm excited about what the future will bring and I think the best is yet to come.
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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.
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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.
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Kobe Bryant is the most talented player in the game today he could do anything.
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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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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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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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A win is a win, regardless of how you look at it.
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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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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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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.
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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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I was hurting. I had some ailments I was dealing with. It's not like I was holding out.
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I listen to myself. I listen to my body, my mind, I follow my heart.
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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.
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