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Merlin Olsen

"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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"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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Donna Grant

"I just want to try to ignore the scrutiny and all the distractions and just play hard basketball and let the best come... Improving game by game and trying to improve my game is what I want to do."

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Donna Grant

"I have no desire to coach basketball."

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Donna Grant

"Basketball is a team game. But that doesn't mean all five players should have the same amount of shots."

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Donna Grant

"Yeah, I like cars and basketball. But you know what I like more? Bananas."

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Donna Grant

"The only reason I went to college was to play basketball. I injured my knee and couldn't play."

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Donna Grant

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

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Donna Grant

"Theaters are great. They're designed to sound good, not for basketball."

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Donna Grant

"Basketball was not my main sport in grade school, or even the first year of high school."

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Donna Grant

"Handball, swimming, running, jumping, basketball, and boxing were as much a part of me as breathing."

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Donna Grant

"If you're a basketball player, you've got to shoot."

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Merlin Olsen
"You are the land. The land is you."

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Merlin Olsen
"Our whole philosophy was to intimidate the quarterback. We were able to do it. We were pioneers. People still recognize us as, maybe, the best defensive line of all time."

Time

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

Basketball

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Merlin Olsen
"I can ski out of my back door."

Hobbies

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Merlin Olsen
"After a few games I knew I was going to be able to compete. The idea of being a star never crossed my mind."

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Merlin Olsen
"Team doctors' jobs those days were to keep you on the field."

Pressure

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Merlin Olsen
"One of life's most painful moments comes when we must admit that we didn't do our homework, that we are not prepared."

Life

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Merlin Olsen
"When a man lies, he murders some part of the world."

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Merlin Olsen
"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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Merlin Olsen
"Most exciting for me was to make the Pro Bowl in 14 of 15 years."

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