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"To be a better cook, cook more. To be a better writer, read more."
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"You can only write well, what you have experienced."
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"The test of our knowledge is not what we know, but what we can do."
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"Any fool can do something cool and look cool, but it takes skill to make something uncool cool again."
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"Tis skill, not strength, that governs a ship."
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"A whetstone, though it cannot cut, may sharpen a knife that will."
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"The skilled artisan uses the same iron to make a horseshoeAs he does for a polished mirror for the King."
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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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"The infinitude of Jiu Jitsu allows for the infinitude of the types of practitioners. There exists a game for each and every one of us which is specifically possible within the confines of our particular skill set."
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"It is the goldsmith who can assay the gold."
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"I've now been in this country for thirteen years, since I was seventeen. So this is my second home."
Home
"Basketball is in my blood. It is my obligation to try."
Basketball
"I don't think Michael had to retire for us to get the spotlight, because when you win, it commands attention."
Attention
"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
"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
"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
"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
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