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Matthew Barney

"A lot of these angles are really about trying to mimic broadcast sports angles in order to anchor the scene, to sort of normalize it before it becomes abstracted."

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"A lot of these angles are really about trying to mimic broadcast sports angles in order to anchor the scene, to sort of normalize it before it becomes abstracted."

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"The biological factors underlying race differences in sports have consequences for educational achievement, crime and sexual behavior."

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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."

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"You don't win a game by hitting the ball out of the court."

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"I like sports, and I enjoy playing basketball and lifting weights."

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"On my morning run, I listen to sports talk radio."

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"I don't get nervous in any situation. There's no such thing as nerves when you're playing games."

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"Just like music, sports elevates us to new levels of achievment."

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"Of course, we also have the responsibility to win games and the difficulty in the job is to combine both."

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"One of the most difficult things for people who have been successful in sports is adapting to the daily world where you can't get an answer from someone until 5 o'clock tomorrow. There is always an excuse. Living 40 or 50 years like that doesn't get too exciting after a while."

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