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Alonzo Mourning Biography

Alonzo Harding Mourning Jr. (born February 8, 1970) is an American former professional basketball player, who played most of his 15-year National Basketball Association (NBA) career for the Miami Heat.

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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.

Career, Careers, Disappointment, Emptiness, Sports

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.

Basketball, Inspirational, Knowledge, Knowledgeable, School, Think

You can want and hope, or you can make it happen.

Happen, Happens, Hope, Make, Make It Happen, Want

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.

Basketball, Effort, Improve, Live, Place, Trying

I was hurting. I had some ailments I was dealing with. It's not like I was holding out.

Ailments, Dealing, Holding, Holding On, Hurt, Hurting

I listen to myself, I listen to my body, my mind; I follow my heart.

Body, Heart, Listen, Mind

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

Look, Looks, Regardless, Win, Winning

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.

Grandkids, Growing Up, Kids, See, Sports, Years

Once my doctor began treating my kidney disease, my greatest challenge was the constant exhaustion. Fortunately, my doctor explained that anemia was causing my exhaustion and that people with serious illnesses, like kidney disease, may be at increased risk for anemia.

Constant, Doctors, Increased, Serious, Serious Illness, Sports

I am reaching a point in my life where the basketball chapter in my life is slowly closing from a competition standpoint.

Basketball, Closing, Competition, Inspirational, Reaching, Standpoint

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 - whether it be guardians, teachers, parents, relatives, etc. - someone contributed to your well being as a person. We're all connected in so many different ways.

Different, Individuals, Parent, Parents, Responsibility, Teacher

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.

Good Things, Incredible, Incredibles, Note, Things, Want

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.

Babies, Baby, Important, Kids, Raising, Responsible

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.

America, Kid, Kids, Place, Think, Thinking

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.

Dictate, People, Sports, Thinking, Time, True

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.

2000, Back, Basketball, Inspirational, Listened, Should Have

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.

Decision, Help, Helping, Individual, Life, Making

Kobe Bryant is the most talented player in the game today; he could do anything.

Game, Games, Player, Today

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 me, because I realize throughout the whole world the struggles that people are going through. I need to inspire them the best way I can.

Alone, Inspire, People, Sports, Struggle, Struggles

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.

Alonzo, Cold, Reality, Talking, Years

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