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"Handball, swimming, running, jumping, basketball, and boxing were as much a part of me as breathing."
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"I just want to try to ignore the scrutiny and all the distractions and just play hard basketball and let the best come... Improving game by game and trying to improve my game is what I want to do."
"Basketball is a team game. But that doesn't mean all five players should have the same amount of shots."
"Yeah, I like cars and basketball. But you know what I like more? Bananas."
"The only reason I went to college was to play basketball. I injured my knee and couldn't play."
"Basketball isn't as popular in Canada as it is in the US. Hockey is by far the most popular sport in Canada."
"Theaters are great. They're designed to sound good, not for basketball."
"Basketball was not my main sport in grade school, or even the first year of high school."
"Handball, swimming, running, jumping, basketball, and boxing were as much a part of me as breathing."
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"Upon awakening in the morning, I wondered if the proceedings of the night before had been a dream. It was hard to believe that I was the world's heavyweight champion."
"The way to know about championship quality is to learn from champions, and that I did; studying them with professional purpose during my time in the ring and from habitual interest afterward."
"In youth, we get plenty of exercise through games and running around, but as middle life approaches, we settle down, literally and figuratively."
"The man who has allowed his body to deteriorate cuts a pitiful figure - chest collapsed, stomach protruding."
"Normally, I could hit hard enough, as anyone who studied my fights might have known. But the impression was that I was essentially defensive, the very reverse of a killer, the prize fighter who read books, even Shakespeare."
"Though I was not a belligerent kid, I do not think I ever passed up a good opportunity to fight."
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