Allan Houston
Allan Houston
Allan Wade Houstonis an American retired professional basketball player who played in the National Basketball Associationfrom 1993 to 2005. He is currently the assistant general manager for the New York Knicks and the general manager for Knicks' NBA D-League team, the Westchester Knicks...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionBasketball Player
Date of Birth20 April 1971
CityLouisville, KY
CountryUnited States of America
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Over the last two years, I have done everything I could possibly do to get back on the court, but injuries to my knee would not allow me to do it.
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I did everything I possibly could to get back and finish my career the way I would have liked to. My injuries just wouldn't let me do it.
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Training is different than going 100 miles per hour with a coach Brown team, ... That's the ultimate test. I tried it. The reason I didn't give it another chance was because I said, 'I've given it so many chances and tried everything I possibly could.' I had to really reflect and get past what you want, your desire, what you're willing to go through and say, 'What is really the right plan for me right now?'
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I pictured this day for a long time but I didn't think it was going to happen so soon. ... I did everything that I possibly could to get back and finish my career the way I would have like to. But the injury wouldn't allow me to do that. This is the right time for me to move on.
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Miami probably was the single moment that stands out. Those are the moments you dream about, and I was fortunate to have it happen to me.
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There are so many guys that come up and have strong hearts, but they just have to understand what the consequences are and how to execute the things that they learned to make themselves successful.
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First of all, as a man the most important thing you have in your life now is your child that you're carrying. That's it. Everything else comes second; personally, for me, other than your relationship with God and your wife.
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Every NBA player, every athlete, I think once you get to this level in life, whether you have kids or you're about to have kids, understands that this is so much bigger than this sport.
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Seven years ago, my father and I realized that our relationship was extremely unique, especially in the African-American community. He raised me to not only understand the fundamentals of basketball and to try to be a player with a high basketball IQ, but he wanted me to understand that my image and my name meant more than stats.
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If it had been what was supposed to happen, it would have happened.
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There are so many issues in society - we talk about the violence, the drugs, the unwanted pregnancies - but at the end of the day, it comes down to what we taught our children to be.
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Success isn't always going to be a huge contract; success is going to be if you just live out your purpose in life.
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Yeah, I do feel it, ... I think going at this intensity is new ... The biggest thing is how much rest it's going to have to have in between. That's what's going to be determined. It's still a work in progress.
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What you do on the court, off the court, in the classroom, it's all the same. Your habits, the way you treat class, your relationships - it's all the same. Do it right or don't do it.