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27 quotes by Alonzo Mourning

Alonzo Harding Mourning, Jr. (born February 8, 1970) is an American retired professional basketball player, who played most of his 15-year NBA career for the Miami Heat. Nicknamed "Zo", Mourning played at center. Following his college basketball career at Georgetown University, his tenacity on defense twice earned him NBA Defensive Player of the Year Award and perennially placed him on the NBA All-Defensive Team. He made a comeback after...
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I feel that each and every one of us as individuals has a responsibility to one another. None of us would be here without the help of someone else -... →

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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... →

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

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

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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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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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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... →

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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'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 make some decisions just like any other player that has ever played this game, that eventually the clock stops, their basketball... →

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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... →

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

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