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"In Jiu Jitsu, we often fall into the trap of simply trying a technique "harder," rather than recognizing that it is a poorly chosen tool for the task at hand."

"The problem with winter sports is that - follow me closely here - they generally take place in winter."

"Your progress as a Jiu Jitsu practitioner is a direct reflection of the standards you have for yourself."

"It's good sportsmanship to not pick up lost golf balls while they are still rolling."

"Any advanced student will tell you the best way to recover guard is simply not to get your guard passed in the first place."

"Cricket must be proud, "I played by Sachin Tendulkar"."

"Football has nothing to do with fair play. It is bound up with hatred, jealousy, boastfulness, disregard of all rules and sadistic pleasure in witnessing violence: in other words it is war minus the shooting."
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"Who do I think was the greatest? This might shock you: Elgin Baylor. He did so many great things. Nobody could guard him, playing in the forward spot. I'd love to see some of today's greats playing against Elgin. They couldn't guard him. Nobody could."

"The thing about it is almost everyone could pass that way, but we were kept from doing it by our coaches."

"You need a teaching coach who understands the game of basketball, not just some guy coming on the court talking about Xs and Os."

"They should have a rule: in order to be a sportswriter, you have to have played that sport, at some level; high school, college, junior college, somewhere. Or, you should have had to have been around the game for a long time."

"It's like all guys want to do is make a dunk, grab their shirt and yell out and scream - they could be down 30 points but that's what they do. Okay, so you made a dunk. Get back down the floor on defense!"

"I'd like to think that the nature of the two teams - Boston being a championship team over the years and the Lakers, same thing - was a lot bigger than Larry Bird or Magic Johnson."

"You've got to learn the footwork, the positioning, how to box out, how to pass, how to shoot your free throws. All these things are necessary, not to be the No. 1 player in the world, but maybe you can play against him."

"I was taught to play that way when I was in high school and even before I got to high school."

"I think that basketball players should get the job done no matter how it looks on the screen."
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