CourtSide KICKS

Official blog of Professional Basketball player, Derrick Thomas. A New York CIty Kid enjoying the journey of life.. My success had been orchestrated before I got here.. Too Many People Function In Dysfunction. Don’t Adapt. Break Free. Contact: Instagram/Twitter - @DT_32 Email: DT[at]NYCityKid.com

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A letter from Albert Einstein to his son Hans Albert: ”My dear Albert,

Yesterday I received your dear letter and was very happy with it. I was already afraid you wouldn’t write to me at all any more. You told me when I was in Zurich, that it is awkward for you when I come to Zurich. Therefore I think it is better if we get together in a different place, where nobody will interfere with our comfort. I will in any case urge that each year we spend a whole month together, so that you see that you have a father who is fond of you and who loves you. You can also learn many good and beautiful things from me, something another cannot as easily offer you. What I have achieved through such a lot of strenuous work shall not only be there for strangers but especially for my own boys. These days I have completed one of the most beautiful works of my life, when you are bigger, I will tell you about it.

I am very pleased that you find joy with the piano. This and carpentry are in my opinion for your age the best pursuits, better even than school. Because those are things which fit a young person such as you very well. Mainly play the things on the piano which please you, even if the teacher does not assign those. That is the way to learn the most, that when you are doing something with such enjoyment that you don’t notice that the time passes. I am sometimes so wrapped up in my work that I forget about the noon meal… .

Be with Tete kissed by your

Papa.”

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Don’t miss out on something that could be great just because it could also be difficult.

Unknown (via katisque)

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Grounded

I've taught myself that It's not enough to be in the right place at the right time, You have to be the right PERSON, in the right place at the right time. The roots create the fruits. So sometimes you have to ask yourself," what am I thinking, and how is it projecting my life?" ... Never too late to condition your roots. It's never too late to be that right person. #selfevaluation #selfgrowth #rightthought #selfcontrol #morningthought #lovemy5

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ASAP KASH

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A wise man preached..

Listen to what is being preached today. Look at everyone around us. You've wondered why they suffer, why they seek happiness and never find it. If any man stopped and asked himself whether he's ever held a truly personal desire, he'd find the answer. He'd see that all his wishes, his efforts, his dreams, his ambitions are motivated by other men. He's not really struggling even for material wealth, but for the second-hander's delusion - prestige. A stamp of approval, not his own. He can find no joy in the struggle and no joy when he has succeeded. He can't say about a single thing: 'This is what I wanted because I wanted it, not because it made my neighbors gape at me'. Then he wonders why he's unhappy.

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One of the keys to happiness is a bad memory.

Rita Mae Brown (via psych-facts)

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It’s your life. If you want to succeed, you have to take things into your own hands. You can’t wait for some miracle to happen. You have to make things happen..

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Don’t think for one second that I’m not zeroed in on what I need to get done to kill my prey.

LeBron James, ESPN Magazine, October 28, 2013 (via wewantbalance)

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What could possess one to take the life of the young and innocent..?? Man... Smh

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New rules.. #tranquil #StLucia #DT #scenery #pictureperfect #nycitykid #island

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Blessed to see another year. Couldn't ask for more.. But my dreams realized and a shiny new beach chair.. #Bday #StLucia #Grateful #PrayersUpBlessingsDown #Giuseppe #fashion #DT #nycitykid

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To be trusted is a greater compliment than to be loved

g. MacDonald (via psych-facts)

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Sometimes the less people say, the more we pay attention to them when they do say something.

Unknown  (via psych-facts)

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THOUGHTS

Be aware of what you think about, because what you think about is what becomes your life.