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If I weren't earning $3 million a year to dunk a basketball, most people on the street would run in read more
If I weren't earning $3 million a year to dunk a basketball, most people on the street would run in the other direction if they saw me coming.
But the real tragedy was that 15 hadn't been colored yet.
(telling Gator fans that a fire at Auburn's read more
But the real tragedy was that 15 hadn't been colored yet.
(telling Gator fans that a fire at Auburn's football dorm had destroyed 20 books)
A good hockey player plays where the puck is. A great hockey player plays where the puck is going to read more
A good hockey player plays where the puck is. A great hockey player plays where the puck is going to be.
I'll let the racket do the talking.
I'll let the racket do the talking.
Athletes have studied how to leap and how to survive the leap some of the time and return to the read more
Athletes have studied how to leap and how to survive the leap some of the time and return to the ground. They don't always do it well. But they are our philosophers of actual moments and the body and soul in them, and of our maneuvers in our emergencies and longings.
Tom.
(New coach of the NBA's Houston Rockets, when asked how he pronounced his name, 1966)
Tom.
(New coach of the NBA's Houston Rockets, when asked how he pronounced his name, 1966)
For man, maximum excitement is the confrontation of death and the skillful defiance of it by watching others fed to read more
For man, maximum excitement is the confrontation of death and the skillful defiance of it by watching others fed to it as he survives transfixed with rapture.
A good hitter has timing.
A good pitcher upsets timing.
A good hitter has timing.
A good pitcher upsets timing.
The way a team plays as a whole determines its success. You may have the greatest bunch of individual stars read more
The way a team plays as a whole determines its success. You may have the greatest bunch of individual stars in the world, but if they don't play together, the club won't be worth a dime.
