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"Not many abilities are inherent. Most are acquired through patient practice, and those that are inherent are enhanced and utilized through practice too."
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"A whetstone, though it cannot cut, may sharpen a knife that will."
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"Seth joined the group of very stern-looking men, and they immediately started talking, their voices too low for me to hear, but it didn't stop me from trying. I learned fairly quickly that I sucked at reading lips. Everything looked like they were saying "tomatoes or "I love you and I doubted that was what was being said."
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"Every man has a specific skill, whether it is discovered or not, that more readily and naturally comes to him than it would to another, and his own should be sought and polished. He excels best in his niche - originality loses its authenticity in one's efforts to obtain originality."
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"Tengo had a gift for such work. He was a born technician, possessing both the intense concentration of a bird sailing through the air in search of prey and the patience of a donkey hauling water, playing always by the rules of the game."
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"My background playing soccer gave me a natural advantage over many of the American-born players."
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"If you want to be a calligrapher, write, and write, and write."
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"It is the goldsmith who can assay the gold."
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"You only need enough experience to master the art."
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"Substitute 'damn' every time you're inclined to write 'very, ' your editor will delete it and the writing will be just as it should be."
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"When you get to that level, it's not a matter of talent anymore - because all the players are so talented - it's about preparation, about playing smart and making good decisions."
Talent
"My background playing soccer gave me a natural advantage over many of the American-born players."
Skill
"All these boundaries - Africa, Asia, Malaysia, America - are set by men. But you don't have to look at boundaries when you are looking at a man - at the character of a man. The question is: What do you stand for? Are you a follower, or are you a leader?"
Man
"I don't think Michael had to retire for us to get the spotlight, because when you win, it commands attention."
Attention
"When I look at the system here and look at my position - not just as a basketball player, but when I look around me at the values of the people and the culture and compare them with the values of where I came from - I feel so blessed to be from Africa."
People
"I've now been in this country for thirteen years, since I was seventeen. So this is my second home."
Home
"Being from Africa is the best thing that could have ever, ever happened to me. I cannot see it any other way. All of my fundamental principles that were instilled in me in my home, from my childhood, are still with me."
Home
"I always keep a ball in the car. You never know."
Car
"Basketball is in my blood. It is my obligation to try."
Basketball
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