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

"It was 1967, and the hippie thing was happening. I got into experimenting with drugs while I was in college in Michigan."

"As compared with the college politician, the real article seems like an amateur."

"I think everyone should go to college and get a degree and then spend six months as a bartender and six months as a cabdriver. Then they would really be educated."

"A professional player is smarter than a college man. He uses his noodle. He knows what to do and when to do it. He rarely goes up in the air as is the case with most of our college players when they get in a tight place."

"The very first stock I bought right out of college was Berkshire Hathaway."

"I didn't really decide that I wanted to be an astronaut for sure until the end of college."
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"But I think the image that's thrown out on television is a bad image. Because you see players who want to imitate hip-hop stars. And the NBA is taking advantage of the situation."

"You don't cut anywhere, don't pick down anywhere, don't double screen, no weak side picking. All these things that should happen in a game of basketball don't happen anymore."

"You see what happens in college and high school games today - a three-point shot or a dunk. I think that's the reason that you see a lot of that in the pros today."

"It's a sad commentary when I have to say that sometimes in our country we are real sensitive to race."

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

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

"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."

"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."

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