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I told my mom I would graduate. I owe that much to her and myself.

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Carmelo Anthony
Age: 40
Born: 1984
Born: May 29
Basketball Player
Brooklyn
New York
Carmelo Kyam Anthony
Melo
Mom
Told
Much
Would
Graduate
Graduates

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I smile all the time, even when I'm in a bad mood. I always try to keep a smile on my face.
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I say 'come with it.' I'm not expecting anything easy. You have to earn your place. That's fine with me.
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Leadership is something I was born with.
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I want to win. I don't care about the money.
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Although you do look at the big picture, if you're dealing with the now, it can be kind of frustrating. You're losing basketball games, things not going the way you want it to go or should go, but at the same time we've just got to stay with it. Just stay positive, just stay focused, as a team, as a unit, because the ship easily can sink early.
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I'm a Baltimore Ravens fan and I'm a Baltimore Orioles fan. I have them tattooed on me.
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I want to retire in New York, let's be quite frank. I think a lot of people jumped the gun when I said I wanted to be a free agent. And yeah, I want people to come to play in New York. I want them to want to play in New York. I want New York to be that place where guys want to come play.
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I've been at the funerals of a lot of people in my neighborhood. Sometimes when I sit back and relax, I think about that and just blank out.
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