Feedback From The People

Even an individual that’s feelin’ himself like me still gets a nice pick-me-up when I hear praise or thanks from someone who has read or watched me. Here’s a sample of emails and messages sent to me through various networks (Email, MySpace, Facebook, Site Comments, and handful of other locales) over the last few years (These are not edited for grammar nor punctuation)

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• “… Your videos are really an inspiration and a great knowledge source, keep up the good work.  Hopefully, ill see you in the NBA soon.  You are one of the hardest workers so dont give up.” -Ammad Bajwa
• “I just had email you to let you know that your skills are amazing.  thank you for all the clips you’ve posted… i find your drills very helpful.  keep up the good work… you are an inspiration.” – Jay Park
• “Hey Dre, I ran into your video on Youtube. The one with the “Here I Am” soundtrack. I instantly became so concentrated on your talent. From there, of  course, not surprisingly I continued onto your website… I went through everything, well.. almost everything. I was greatly inspired by your Frequent Q&A … The basketball one. Telling everyone that you cant do this or do that for them, but the real talent is in the player and is discovered first by him/her before it can be discovered by anyone else. I strongly agree with this… You obviously already answered my question, Hardwork and Dedication which is exactly what Im gonna do…  Im gonna spread your website to all my ballin friends. Im sure they’ll love it as much as I do… Once more, I hope Ive passed across the level of admiration I have for you as a player, and the inspiration you’ve given to me to become a player like yourself.” – Kasope Ayodele
• “yo, I’m gonna start training hardcore man like i used too, my goal is to make it to the NBA too man… you are a legend man i hope you make it.” – JAiM3-
• “Yo dude, you are the man! You motivate me to work so much harder in basketball. I look forward to see you playing NBA. You now have a new fan!”- ¥Edddie¥
• “wt up mane…i saw ur youtube video… i workout alot like you and ur homeboy does… im going out on a limb just to ask you for help..but i aint got nothing to lose and i got a lot of faith in God and he lead me in ur direction.” – hibachi
• “i like how u dont lead kids on with advice it makes them work for things. i’m 15 and noboby ever had to tell or give me advice on how to be better but im one of the best player in my city. so bascially im sayin its refreshing to see someone who has shared the similar struggles as i have. hope to see you playing alongside wade someday.” –  born ready
• “I gotta thank yu for the inspiration and work on my weak ass game.” – LeWiE g-hood fellas ent
• “wats goin on dre i gota question.. when u plan on enterin da draft for da nba cuz i seen u play and all and i be seein how hard u work on youtube and all dat. so when u gon enter tha draft ma brother cuztime is yo only compitition..” – *DAMian™*
• “Whats up… I was watching your clips (because im always looking for nice workouts since im playing in college next year) and thanks for what you are doing to the kids watching you for free!!!” -Mouad Achab
• “I’m a big fan, your writing is funny/interesting. I hope you make it to the NBA.” – Scott Tierney
• “DRE, AS YOU KNOW IM ONE OF YOUR BIGGEST FANS WELL I HOPE SO… AND DRE I LOVE YOUR AUTOGRAPH ON YOUR PAGE. IT LOOKS LIKE A SUPERSTARS SIGNATURE TO ME..” – Patrick Ng
• “Hi Dre! My name is Fatmir Begu and I am from Sweden. I would love to get a DreallDay shirt if it´s possible. I have whatched all of your videos and I think you are an amazing Basketball player. I wish you all the best in the world. I hope you achive your goals, and some day I see you in NBA.” – Fatmir Begu
• “…that would be such an inspirational thing to have with me! since everytime i visit your blog i’m motivated so having your T-shirt will be so great! Dre people love you now because they are convinced you’re gonna make it to the Pros (it’s like they convince themselves of that) but how many people really support you and will always be there for ya even if fail. (i know you’ll make it because you’ve got heart! its easy to tell). but most of all, you make people THINK! for real Dre your blog goes beyond “I love basketball”….it just depends on how people read it…i think I benefit the most out of it because I take it as an example for some things… Take care Dre…I support and will always support what you do. Adam, paris-dubai-london (longgggg story).”
• “Yo Dre, I found your contact info when I was on youtube looking for some dribbling drills to work on with my AAU kids.  I saw yours and I thought it was very informative.  I used it to show my kids at practice the other night via my iphone.  The kids love the part 1… I like what your doing and I like the way that you are doing it.  If you are ever in the Fairfax, Leesburg VA or Charles Town WV area I would love to hook up with you to do a demonstration for my kids.” – Fred Mack; Triple5Baksetball
• “What up Dre, Great site and good work on your ballin, good to see someone take time to document there life like you do, much respect. Ill rock the T-shirt with pride ha.” -Jamie Rillay
• “Hey Dre i am 14 years old and i practice basketball most days and would like to be in the NBA one day, (their are only 2 english players in the NBA currently(luol deng and thomas) i am a big fan from england and i watch your videos daily on youtube and i WILL see you on tv in the NBA soon, i would love to wear one of your t-shirts and show how much of a fan i am and thankyou for the kind offer of the t-shirts, Good luck in getting in the NBA (even though you dont need it!)” Antoney Crossley
• “I’ll most definately be keeping up with your ascent to the top. Your work ethics great,and inspires. While sleeping, Dre Baldwins puttin in work. Keep doing your thing Bro.” – Tay Brown
• “Hey dre i’m a big fan of your videos (i’ve subscribed) and your journey to get into the nba. If you keep working as hard as you are I  am sure you will get into the nba. I am 14 years old and I have started to work really hard and practice every day to get as good as you and into the nba and I would greatly appreciate if you could send me a dreallday T-shirt and I would probably never take it off!” – James
• “Hy Dr. Dre! I respect your work, and I hope that you will get in the NBA by 2010! I am not so good in english so I wont write too much . Greetings from Europe, and I hope you will answer… Thanks four your time!” – Mate Juresko
• “Your videos of dribbling drills are very good.  I’m going to be practicing them in preparation for IM basketball.  Keep it up.” – Steve Fang
• “AND I LOVE WHAT YOU DO, NEVER STOP, YOU’R A GOOD HOPE FOR THE YOUNG BASKETBALL PLAYER.” – Joey Richard
• “”If you do exactly what I do, you can never be better than me!” When I saw this sentence in your YouTube page, I told me, THAT’S WHAT I WANTED TO HEAR I watch your video every day, almost one where U said
  -No Excuses
  -Do Somethings Every Day
  -Never Stop Working
  You’re my inspiration (after God, My parents, Jordan and Iverson =P) Thanks to you, i play every day, and I have a better shot and physic (not the best but better than before…) because I want to be better than you and I’ll be better than you (I hope) Good luck for the NBA in 2010-2011, good continuation with your beautiful girlfriend and in your life Goodbye and Thank you” – Mickael Bensau
• “…thank u fo postin all dem videos on youtube it makes me get up n practice on my game n ive gotten a whole lot better but anyway thanks for all da videos n advice it made me a way better basketball player brahh” – Jordan Akel
• “……just passing by to say hi and let you know that i’ve been working really hard everyday just like you told me to…..and lets see if someday i get to be as awsome as you jeje” – Eric Arroyo
• “Im your Fan from Bosnia…………:D:D:D awesome vid’s makes me train harder (4real)” – hakenpuc via Youtube
• damn, I started with 14 too! And I believed I started too late! But watching your game level, it gave me strength to keep on! Thank you and Congratulations! *really sorry for the bad English! – BrunoLS09 via Youtube
• Dude u just read my mind. All i do is go on the internet and play xbox. Thank you man.. U just made me feel like now i can do anything with hard work. – MLGHALO via Youtube
• Hey Dre, Dude you’re such a legend! Until I started to watch your videos I wasn’t taking my Basketball as serious as I could! Now that I found your videos I’ve started taking my Basketball serious and I actually got selected into my areas regional team! Thanks alot, Dre! – YouuMeAtSix via Youtube
• amazing advice, simple but it totally changed my mindset. i never thought of it that wayy. i loved it when u said “kobe bryant cant help u, dre baldwin cant help u, gilbert arenas cant help u……….” – Cheesed4 via Youtube
• “dude this is straight-up motivation “work on your fucking game” lol ay dude u shud come 2 japan, yoyogipark some fake ballers der but at da same time some real ballers come during summer time if u can caz dats when da real ballers come out.” – hotmal via Youtube
• “thanks for the motivation ever since i seen this video ive been at the court early in the morning till late at night thanks =D” – myVIdZ25 via Youtube
• “Í hope… but Im from Argentina… damn man… you have so much potential and sharing these things it helps me alot… thank you man… really… nobody can help me but me but kobe,bron,AI, and you can help me to be motivated every day working my ass off…” – decimeROD via Youtube
• “This might be the greatest video I’ve ever seen. Time to be about it!” – spidermanga via Youtube
• “i remember watching these drills like a half year ago, and from then on i started on my ball handling, now i got the best ballhandling in denmark. im serius! everyone knows me for my ballhandling.” – deadlyshoelace via Youtube
• “i watched your videos and i wish i could play like you do, from your big fan Zach.”  - Zach
• “DRE U ARE A LEGEND.” – minnimilkz via YouTube
• “bro u like idol to me.” – MrKobe24Best via YouTube
• “funny story, a couple days ago in practice w/my varsity team we were screwin around and i did this move on a kid and scored and yelled “dre baldwin baby!” 3 kids on my team were like “yo you know about him too?!” haha so ur already getting some attention down here in massachusetts bro.” -taylor21horton via YouTube
• “you are my role model man. im 13 and in 8th grade and the main reason why i made my school team is because of you. keep making awesome videos, i learned so much from you.” – abdi7451 via YouTube
• “yo ur r awsome,i been doin all of ur drills and seen so much improvement!!” – DonnyDeDavon via YouTube
• “I saw this, and went to your website and read ” You don’t need to copy everything that I do- use what you see to develop your own way of doing things, better than you see anyone else doing them. If you do exactly what I do, you can never be better than me! ” these words really inspired me, because lately I had been trying to copy my favourite NBA player to develop my game but I was not better than myself in the court when I tried to do what I saw. Thanks for good words.” – yjo0723 via YouTube
• “hi dre, i just wanted to let you know that you have really motivated me into becoming a better player. i’m now playing and competing in highschool AAU tournaments.(i’m in 8th grade)” – Sean
• “I look up to you bro, hope you get in the NBA man.” – lilghettoA2003 via YouTube
• “dead ass dre not gasing you up and shit but i use to look up to nba player when i realize what the fuck for they made it already i look up to you now cause you still chasing the dream man keep working hard.” – stevejohnnash21 via YouTube
• “Dre, you’ve become the definition of a role model brother, Thanks for da vid and keep working.” – Remvasion via YouTube
• “dre u are a god.” – Jack George
• “Hey d I’m a 36 yr old weekend bballer and father of three who just wants to improve my gm and help my kids. Just wanted to say thanks becuz u have completely inspired me and have given me the blueprint to take my gm to another level. God bless u bro!!!” – bombsquad1974 via YouTube
• Hey Dre, I just wanted to stop by and say thanks for your videos man. Not so much the drills, which don’t get me wrong, I’m not saying they’re bad, they are helpful but for me it’s the videos were you talk about mental things such as confidence. I was playing pick-up ball tonight and normally I go into games thinking, ok well I want to play but how can I keep from messing up, and tonight I went in thinking I was going to dominate and win, and I did. I was confident, aggressive, and I thought I was the best player on the court. I was driving to the basket, scoring, getting assists, getting rebounds, blocking shots, doing some good moves, just doing good overall. I even heard one guy talking about how good I was to his friend, haha. Just wanted to say thanks because you’ve helped me to push myself, be confident, and be aggressive. Good luck to you man, I hope to hear Charles Barkley talking about you one day. – WeeWonder via YouTube
• Bro I have been watching your training videos and they have really helped out my handling a lot. My shot is a lot better as well. – Matthew Holden
• Kissing Up/ Thx: You really got skills man, I’ve seen a few of your videos and your handles and shooting are really impressive. Seeing some of your videos, and how good of a player you are, has really inspired me to work harder. I’m a 5’11 Indian kid, trying to make my sophomore basketball team after 2 years of being cut. I’m working harder than ever before. Thanks for all the videos you put up, it really helps to see how a pro does it. – Ashwaan
• you are the best plyer in miami and I am serious better than dwade and keep up your game baby! – hankywu via YouTube