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"Michael Jordan was a tremendous basketball player."
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"I play basketball on Sundays and I'm a very spiritual guy; I read a lot of Eastern philosophy and I meditate."

"Nobody cared about swimming. You could draw a crowd for basketball."

"You don't cut anywhere, don't pick down anywhere, don't double screen, no weak side picking. All these things that should happen in a game of basketball don't happen anymore."

"By analogy, if we were to develop a soccer team, then we would not invite basketball and volleyball players to the try outs. We would invite soccer players to apply."

"I believe that whatever we have, regardless of a trade being done or not, I feel we have a shot. I've just got to believe that we're going to be all right. I've got to just play basketball."

"In sixth grade, my basketball team made it to the league championships. In double overtime, with three seconds left, I rebounded the ball and passed it - to the wrong team! They scored at the buzzer and we lost the game. To this day, I still have nightmares!"

"Basketball isn't as popular in Canada as it is in the US. Hockey is by far the most popular sport in Canada."

"The basketball coach cut me within two days, so I was back in the pool. I was the first one in the wall after the first 25 yards, but the last one out because I didn't have a flip turn."
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"You can make a lot of money in this game. Just ask my ex-wives. Both of them are so rich that neither of their husbands work."

"I met Jesse Owens once. He was a remarkable individual, and I have tremendous respect for what he did in the Olympics under the circumstances."

"Living in Dallas, I root for the Mavericks and the Stars and the Cowboys, but I've always pulled for the Chicago Cubs. I enjoy watching them play."

"Nobody but you and your caddie care what you do out there, and if your caddie is betting against you, he doesn't care, either."

"I have an orthopedic pillow that's made out of a sponge material. I have a plate in my throat, and I have to be careful or I could end up with a bad neck in the morning. That pillow is a must everywhere I go."

"In case of a thunderstorm, stand in the middle of the fairway and hold up a one iron. Not even God can hit a one iron."
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