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"You know, I come from six generations of college graduates."

"I abandoned chemistry to concentrate on mathematics and physics. In 1942, I travelled to Cambridge to take the scholarship examination at Trinity College, received an award and entered the university in October 1943."

"I got out of college in 1997, and TV embraced me very quickly."

"You know, I played football, I was offensive tackle in college."

"College ain't so much where you been as how you talk when you get back."

"Do you realize that if we could increase just by 50 percent the number of adults who have a college degree, it would add $5 billion to the economy and it would result in a net income to the state of Arkansas of $340 million a year?"
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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."

"Some players are more physical than others, some play with more finesse. Some are just really great all-around players. So you have to change your game."

"This is where young players today want to land. They want to be NBA players because of the money."

"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."

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

"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."

"The Olympics were great, because you had to make the team, and then go to the games. Now, I don't know, these guys today don't want to do anything like that."

"When you play guard, you're not going to block a lot of shots. Inside, you're going to block shots."

"We're all Americans trying to compete. Magic was competing for his team and Larry for his team."

"You look at today, it's a different situation. You have a game that has been transformed into a game where almost every shot is either an outside shot - a three-point shot - or a dunk."
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