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Chris Paul
Age: 39
Born: 1985
Born: May 6
Basketball Player
Lewisville
North Carolina
CP3
Christopher Emmanuel Paul
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What I really try to do is take different pages out of different players books.
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For me, it's all about who you are. Some athletes may feel a responsibility. Some may not. One thing I've talked with my family and team about is doing more. Trying to make an impact.
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Obviously I want the fragrance to smell good. I tell people all the time that when you see someone there can obviously be a physical attraction, but scent is something that stays with you. It's something that you remember about a person.
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I always have said that the most valuable thing I have isn't money it's my time.
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You can replace houses. You can't replace people. I mean, it's left me speechless. I was talking to P.J. (Brown) about it. When the storm hit, I just kept it on CNN and watched the whole thing. Just seeing Canal Street, knowing I was there just a few days before storm and seeing all those stores I went in being under water. Unbelievable.
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I'm not much into anything too flashy.
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I can dunk! I can dunk, and not just in NBA Live.
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Whatever I have to do to help us win, I'll do.
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I play basketball to win a championship. That championship is everything to me. And thats what gets people to buy in to your brand - being a winner.
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I grew up on games like Madden and NBA Jam, then moved on to NFL 2K on Dreamcast. The game I really loved was Virtua Tennis.
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I've been a winner my whole life.
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People have said I have a Napoleon complex. But I've always had to fight for everything that I have.
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I'm not the greatest long-distance shooter, I know that. But I know if I can get around that free-throw line area, a lot of times you've just got to hope I miss.
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I trust my wife more than I trust myself.
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No matter where you put me, I don't care if it is North Carolina, Florida, California, New York City I'm going to be who I am.
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It's a business now. But you still have little butterflies in your stomach before every game.
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Being from North Carolina, it's kind of slow-paced. There's not too much going on there, whereas in New Orleans, there's always something going on. I just love all the people, going out to dinner and enjoying anything I want.
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For me, hip-hop culture is involved in everything - it's in me, in who I am, in how I dress, how I talk. It's in my son and my wife.
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Keep practicing. Never let someone tell you you're too small or too slow.
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I always tell D-West, 'We're the leaders on the team, and if we go down, we've got to go down shooting.'
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