Pat Connaughton Quotes

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Kids specializing at sports at such a young age could be part of the reason why you‘re seeing so many injuries.
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For me, I like any win I can get. It doesn’t really matter where it is or who it’s versus.
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You’ve got to make the winning plays at winning time, whether it’s a shot in the clutch or getting a big defensive rebound. Those are the intangibles I try to bring.
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I think October baseball is a lot of fun to follow, being a biased guy that enjoys the sport from time to time.
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The one thing I try to do with my business in real estate is try to be as creative as I can, think outside of the box and take advantage of the fortunate platform that I have, and the network I can grow within the city of Milwaukee via the Bucks, or within the Notre Dame network, or being from Boston.
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I bring a winning mentality.
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I’m in limbo. The baseball people are like, ‘Oh, he‘s basketball athletic.’ The basketball people are like, ‘Well, he plays baseball, so he’s probably not that athletic.’
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Winning a championship in Milwaukee, it’s not about my other business. It’s about bringing the notoriety to a great city.
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Hey, I’m comfortable with my masculinity.
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I’d love to play in Cowboys Stadium or one of those football stadiums.
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It’s not about how much weight you can lift in-season. It’s about how fast you can move it, how strong you are, how you can maintain that strength so you can produce on the floor.
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You see people say: ‘He should go back to baseball. He should do this; he should do that.’ Those are people who said I would never even make it here. There’s always another hurdle to go over, and it’s fun to use that as motivation.
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When I come off the bench, I have that intensity and that effort. That’s something all of us guys are trying to bring, but especially the guys off the bench. Because we can play a role in any game, let alone the playoffs.
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I’m in a unique situation in every facet of my life.
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Basketball has always really helped me physically for baseball.
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Every playoff game is kind of like its own movie.
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In my mind, I will pitch in MLB.
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I’m not going to explore basketball recklessly.
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How many guys can say they’ve played in two professional leagues?
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I understand assets. My arm is an asset, and I need to take care of it.
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Everybody gets frustrated with themselves when they are not playing well because they feel like they are letting the team down.
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One thing that the coaching staff and the assistant coaches did a really good job of working me on was shaping myself into an NBA guard.
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Kids of this day and age know you don’t necessarily have to specialize in one sport no matter how much society and your coaches are pushing you towards that.
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You don’t find a 6-foot-5 pitcher with the athleticism and coordination I have all that often.
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I drank a lot of milk as a kid so maybe I can get on a ‘Got Milk?’ commercial at some point.
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You’re using the same body parts over and over again, eventually there will be wear and tear.
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I’m pretty confident in my strength, my ability to move, and athleticism.
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One of the things that I’ve always had fun with is the stereotypewhite man can’t jump.’ It’s followed me along my whole career and it’s something that obviously I’ve tried to disprove many times.
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You don’t want to be playing 36 holes on the day before a game.
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For me, I love doing different things with real estate.
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As guys know that you’re a shooter, well, they’re going to try to run you off the line.
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Not many guys are on a professional baseball roster, but have an ability to pursue another professional sport.
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I don’t think I’ve hid the fact that I like being Milwaukee Buck.
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This is the analogy I use is: A lot of guys tape their ankles, a lot of guys use braces on their ankles. But that becomes something your body relies on. It actually weakens your ankle muscles. So if you were to ever not use the tape or brace, or do lifts, you may not be as strong.
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I like to think that as much as I have a passion for both sports, I also am a decently smart guy on the business side.
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I realized if and when I ever put my mind strictly to baseball. I can do some things very few people in this world can.
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I’m a competitive guy.
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It’s just like any job. We’re either in the arena or working out during certain hours of the day, but you have other hours for things that you want to do during the day as a human being, and for me, maybe I don’t go shopping. Maybe I go into my backyard and throw against a net.
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If you would have told me when I was a kid that I would be sitting here with an ACC championship and been drafted in the fourth round of the Major League Baseball draft, I would have taken it in a heartbeat.
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When Coach Mike Brey at Notre Dame was recruiting me, he was like, ‘There will be Irish on the front of the jersey; and Irish on the back of the jersey.’ But no one actually knows I am a citizen over there.
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You know, if I cleaned out my backpack, which I don’t really use anymore, I’d find a bunch of beads. I have a bunch of little girl cousins, they used to paint my toenails and stuff, and they’d make beaded bracelets and there are so many beads everywhere. It’s kinda embarrassing.
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I’ll celebrate for my teammates whenever a play is made.
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A lot of the NBA teams didn’t know I wanted to pursue basketball, and I’m trying to show them I do.
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You look at the body types of some of the strongest people in the world, they’re compact. They can move their body weight because there’s not as much distance to go.
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For me, it was my dream as a kid to play two sports at the highest level I possibly could. Doing that at Notre Dame just meant I had to sacrifice in ways a normal college student wouldn’t have had to sacrifice.
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It depends obviously on how the Bucks feel but I’d love – someday – to go over there and play in Ireland. I don’t think they’ve had a ton of NBA players.
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The tap of the backboard, that’s a lot of body control, I’ve gotta be hanging in the air for a quite a bit of time.
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I graduated from Notre Dame.
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You’ve gotta feel at home when you’re on the mound.
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For me, I try to stay even keel.
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I’ve always enjoyed the fact that a lot of people didn’t have that much confidence in what I could do because I enjoy proving people wrong.
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I’ve always said I’m going to play two sports as long as possible.
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I wake up, I’ll scramble some eggs, cook some bacon, have a few pieces of toast, yogurt, smoothie, whatever it might be. I’ll then workout, whether it’s outside, inside, bike, weights, whatever I have access to, however creative I can be.
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There’s nothing like being a pitcher on the mound. You’re by yourself. Ever since I was a little kid watching Pedro Martinez do it, night in and night out. I’ve always loved it.
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I want to take basketball as far as I can.
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I’m quick enough to hang with guards and big enough post them up, then when they stick a big man on me, I’m able to use my quickness to go around them.
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I think there are a lot of people who say they want to be professional athletes, say they want to make millions of dollars, but don’t necessarily like doing the hard work that goes into it.
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To be honest March Madness has not treated me very well.
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Winning has always been the most important thing to me.
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