99 Quotes by Joel Embiid

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    On social media, I can hide behind the computer or the iPhone. Internet courage.

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    I think it would've been a little easier if I grew up in America; they've got better conditions for basketball players. At the same time, many people have said to me that having to start playing so late helped me not pick up bad habits.

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    I found social media was a way for me to open up and show the world who I was and also keep my name out there.

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    Chinese fans are just passionate about the game. The love they have is just insane.

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    People have labeled the Process as whatever, tanking. I don't see it like that.

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    A lot of people just think I'm a big man, but I'm a basketball player. I am able to do everything that a basketball player can do - from playmaking and scoring to just passing the ball and just being a leader and post presence.

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    I had this DVD that my coach in Cameroon had mailed to me when I first came to America. It was an hour-long tape of Hakeem Olajuwon and some other legendary big men. I probably watched that DVD every single day for three years.

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    Sometimes, I feel like I'm lost. But I've always said that I believe in God.

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    I feel like Americans don't really have any idea of what's going on in the world, especially us Africans. I feel like when they think about Africans, they think about just us running around with lions and tigers and all those other animals.

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