American - Athlete | September 14, 1989 -
My whole life, people have doubted me. My mom did. People told me in high school I'm too short and not fast enough to play basketball. They didn't know my story. Because if they did, they'd know that anything is possible.
Jimmy Butler
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People don't work as hard as I do. They don't expect the same things out of the game that I do.
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I loved the city of Chicago, and I love the Reinsdorfs. I'm forever grateful for them in taking a chance on me, allowing me to become the player that I am today. It's still incredible to me that I got to hoop in a Bulls jersey.
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I built a fort when I was little, with pillows and blankets.
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Everybody's so scared to be honest with one another. If you didn't like the way I handled myself in practice, one of the players, come up to me. Somebody say something - anybody. I'm not gonna take it as offense; it's not personal.
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I learned 'The Star-Spangled Banner,' the national anthem. I always wanted to play it before the Bulls game, but I always thought, like, Coach would be like, 'You're not focused on the game!' So I never really asked.
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It's the heart that I play with on every single possession. And that's all that it is.
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I play really hard. I put my body on the line every damn practice. Every day in the games. That's my passion. That's how I give to the game.
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I just don't think there have been many people that have understood how important winning is to me.
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I always speak my mind. Whether it be something that's going on in the world, something on the basketball court, or just something I saw with somebody else that's not right.
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I've learned enough times in life that saying something is completely different than acting upon it.
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Whoever I suit up for... I'm going to do my job.
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