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GoDuke.com Q&A With Kyle Singler

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GoDuke.com Q&A With Kyle Singler

DURHAM, N.C. - Sophomore forward Kyle Singler sat down with goduke.com for a Q&A that covered topics from this season to what is on his bucket list.

GoDuke.com: What are your personal goals for this season?
Kyle Singler: I want to be first team All-ACC, make the All-Defensive team, and see if I could make an All-America team.

GD: What are your team goals?
KS: To win the ACC, win the Coaches vs. Cancer tournament, and get to the Final Four.

GD: What is different about the 2008-09 team?
KS: We are more athletic and a little bigger than last year, we're more mature with a lot of upperclassmen, and just have played together longer.

GD: What is the attitude of the team right now?
KS: We're excited, we're ready to play and kick the season off.

GD: What do you watch on TV?
KS: I watch Prison Break, The Office, and Entourage.

GD: Favorite movies?
KS: I love movies. I would say my favorites are Dumb and Dumber, Love and Basketball, and Inside Man.

GD: Favorite musical artists?
KS: 50 Cent, Tupac, and Biggie

GD: What magazines do you read?
KS: ESPN and Sports Illustrated.

GD: What websites do you most visit?
KS: Facebook and YouTube

GD: What is your worst habit?
KS: Definitely cracking my knuckles.

GD: Would who you trade places with?
KS: My dog. He just chills around the house and everyone takes care of him.

GD: What was your first job?
KS: I volunteer a lot for an after-school program back home in Oregon, where I help out under-privileged kids. I basically go there after school and play basketball with them and just hang out.

GD: What is your favorite meal?
KS: My mom's spaghetti.

GD: What talent would you most like to have?
KS: Cooking.

GD: What was your favorite sports team growing up?
KS: The Dallas Cowboys and Indiana Pacers.

GD: What is your bucket list?
KS: Skydive, go to the jungle, climb Mount Everest, and go to the moon.

GD: What is your motto?
KS: My family's saying is ?Heart to Heart.'

GD: What is something nobody knows about you?
KS: I'm a good artist.

GD: Who would play you in a movie?
KS: Owen Wilson.

GD: What instrument would you play in a band?
KS: The drums.

GD: What is your favorite late-night snack?
KS: Cookies with ice cream.

GD: Favorite Duke memory?
KS: My first game in Cameron. It was a lot of fun, a lot different than I thought it would be. It was really exciting.

GD: What is your dream job?
KS: To be chilling on the beach in the Caribbean.

GD: What word best describes you?
KS: Happy.

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Kyle Singler

#12 Kyle Singler

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Players Mentioned

Kyle Singler

#12 Kyle Singler

6' 8"
Freshman
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