一八一四年，俄、奥、普联军兵临巴黎城下，理工学校学生要求参战。面临灭顶之灾的拿破仑却说：“我不愿为取金蛋杀掉我的老母鸡！”后来，这句名言被刻在巴黎理工学校梯型大教室的天花板正中心，一直激励着该校师生奋发好学。

The most important thing is you must put everybody on notice that you’re here and you are for real. I’m not a player that is just going to come and go. I’m not a player that is going to make an All-Star team one time, two times. I’m here to be an all-time great. Once I made that commitment and said, ‘I want to be one of the greatest ever’, then the game became everything for me.

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