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- He and wife, Amy, were married in the summer of 2001
- They created the Tim Duncan Foundation in November of 2001. Amy serves as the Executive Vice President of the organization which is setup to serve “the areas of health awareness and research, education and youth sports and recreation” in San Antonio, Winston-Salem and the U.S. Virgin Islands. The Foundation holds two major fundraisers each year: the fourth annual Tim Duncan Bowling for Dollar$ Charity Bowl-A-Thon on January 19, 2003 (the first three events raised over $350,000 for various cancer-related charities) and the annual Slam Duncan Charity Golf Classic on March 17, 2003
- In 2003, he started the Tim Duncan Foundation Charity Golf Classic at the La Cantera Palmer Course in San Antonio. The event raised over $60,000 for community programs that support education, youth sports and recreation, and the fight against breast and prostate cancer
- Received his degree in psychology from Wake Forest
- Didn’t play organized basketball until ninth grade, concentrated on swimming as a youngster - at one point was a top U.S. competitor in his age group in the 400 freestyle - before his local pool was destroyed by Hurricane Hugo in 1989
- Known for wearing his practice shorts backwards, a trend he started while at Wake
- Has two sisters, Cheryl and Tricia. Tricia was a member of the Virgin Islands swim team in the 1988 Olympics
- Has a large knife collection which includes a three-foot samurai sword
- Admits to being afraid of heights and sharks
- Favorite movie is The Crow
- The winner of the 2001 Home Team Community Service Award given by the Fannie Mae Foundation and the NBA
- Named one of the "Good Guys" in sports by The Sporting News in both 2001 and 2002
- Has a block of 40 tickets to each Spurs home game which he donates through the Tim Duncan Character Champions program
- Also supports the Children's Bereavement Center, the Children's Center of San Antonio and the Cancer Therapy and Research Center
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