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"Handball, swimming, running, jumping, basketball, and boxing were as much a part of me as breathing."
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"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."
"And it blew my mind when I started to get wind of the fact that they actually liked me being around. That was humbling, because Kentucky basketball is a big deal, and I am not the biggest fan - I am just the most notorious one."
"It just wasn't right the way they were behind by 25 points and then they're told to hold the ball."
"The only reason I went to college was to play basketball. I injured my knee and couldn't play."
"Someday I might have to put down a basketball and have a regular 9-to-5 like everybody else."
"I'm pretty athletic and I play basketball a lot."
"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."
"You don't play against opponents, you play against the game of basketball."
"If you're playing basketball with someone who's better than you, you have to get better or else it's no fun."
"I enjoy the last quarter of all basketball games."
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"If all human lives depended upon their usefulness - as might be judged by certain standards - there would be a sudden and terrific mortality in the world."
"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."
"A boxer's diet should be low in fat and high in proteins and sugar. Therefore you should eat plenty of lean meat, milk, leafy vegetables, and fresh fruit and ice cream for sugar."
"Ever since boyhood I've made a religion of keeping in shape by regular, conscientious exercise."
"Fat is one of the chief enemies of the heart because it has to be plentifully supplied with blood and thus needlessly increases the pumping load that the heart must sustain."
"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."
"In youth, we get plenty of exercise through games and running around, but as middle life approaches, we settle down, literally and figuratively."
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