30 ordspråk av Fred Hoiberg
Fred Hoiberg
(From) the smiles on the kids' faces, you could really tell that you took them away from everything that's been going on in their lives these last couple of weeks.
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All of you are aware of the journey I've taken this past year and I just want to relay to all of the people that sent along their prayers and well wishes, my heartfelt thanks. It was truly overwhelming to me and my family the outpouring that we received from the Twin Cities community and from across the Midwest.
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Even though the risk of something serious happening is very low, there is a risk.
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Hearing her say that it would be very tough for her to watch me while I was out there playing made the decision a little easier.
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I change my mind several times a day.
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I enjoyed looking at the talent. That's something I've always wanted to do, to put a team together. I'm going to learn as much as I can, and try to help this team get where it was a couple of years ago.
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I had great visits with both those teams. But the medical staffs of both teams were a little hesitant on clearing me to play. So we thought we would wait until next year.
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I hope to stay with the organization a long time. We love it here. We're close to Iowa. It seems a perfect fit.
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I know he's excited. He's going to be the No. 1 option on the perimeter this year. Last year, he was sometimes the third option. He wants that extra pressure on himself, he wants to carry more of the load.
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I plan on coming back and playing. I'm jogging a little bit. I'm starting to see I will be able to play again.
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I scared her enough for one lifetime when I passed out. I still think about how scary that was for her. I would never want to put her in a position where I would scare her like that again.
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I see myself playing next year, and I see myself in a Timberwolves uniform. I want to end my career here. I want to stay with this organization.
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I still think about that incident almost every day and about the look on her face when I came to after being unconscious for two minutes. I think about when I finally did come back, being in her arms and her saying 'Don't leave me.' I just cannot imagine what that must have been like for her.
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I think we knew that when I got released back in August that there was a possibility that I was going to play this year. Now it's kind of becoming a reality.
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I wanted to show that I could be the first guy to play with a pacemaker, because I felt that I could. I tried everything I possibly could to try to play.
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