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"Nobody cared about swimming. You could draw a crowd for basketball."
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"It just wasn't right the way they were behind by 25 points and then they're told to hold the ball."
"I played varsity on all of them for four years. I'm 5'9 and that's not that tall for a center so I was a forward. I loved playing volleyball and basketball and track I was good at, but it stressed me out."
"The 76ers currently play very good basketball, and we don't. However, we are still only one win behind them. If we continue to improve, we should be on the top of our division at the end of the regular season."
"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!"
"I like basketball, and I've been to three games, which is so much more fun than seeing it on TV, I think."
"I think that basketball players should get the job done no matter how it looks on the screen."
"You need a teaching coach who understands the game of basketball, not just some guy coming on the court talking about Xs and Os."
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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."
"After a few games I knew I was going to be able to compete. The idea of being a star never crossed my mind."
"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."
"Our coach was absolutely out of his head. He must have read Bear Bryant's book. We had 78 players out. The first day 35 quit. Twenty quit the second day. We ended with 17 players. It was depressing."
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