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Good evening, ladies and gentlemen...
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and welcome to St. Joseph's
Annual Basketball Awards Dinner.
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We had a...
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difficult year.
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Most of you are aware of that.
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When I first went to St. Joe's,
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I really did sleep, eat
and drink basketball.
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That was all I did.
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But it became more of a job
than a sport to play.
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Things here have not changed since-
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You know, Coach Pingatore
just had these dreams in his head.
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hejust wanted me to go
the same route he took Isiah.
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The most steals.
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he played as a freshman.
Not even Isiah was a four-year starter.
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You know, basketball was just like-
he was possessed with it.
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You know, it was his life.
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And he wanted it to be
everybody else's life too.
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All-conference in the SCC.
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All-state in the Sun-Times.
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A McDonald All-American nomination.
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M. V.P., 1990-1991 season,
William Gates.
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When I had some real problems...
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I couldn't go to
none of them about it.
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You know, I was having some problems
with Catherine's family and my family...