"Basketball teams, after the perfunctory lay-up drill, fall into the crowded isolation and personal style of 10 city kids shooting at the same basket or playing one-on-one."

-- Ted Solotaroff

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“The gold standard sooner or later will return with the force and inevitability of natural law, for it is the money of freedom and honesty.”
“I made a lot of friends at school, and they were all Africans. I could have felt very different. I didn't feel different, I didn't notice the color of their skin, I didn't notice the color of my skin and I have remembered that all my life.”
“One should always be happy, irrespective of what you achieve in a match or in life. That's how I live my life.”
“When I was born, the umbilical cord came wrapped around my neck, so when I came out, I wasn't breathing. The cord had cut off my oxygen - not the entire time, just at the end, when my mom was giving birth. When I came out, I wasn't conscious, so they had to work on bringing me back. It was a crazy moment.”

Source : Interview with Dave Golokhov, www.askmen.com.
“Whatever class and race divergences exist, top cats are tom cats.”
“God gave me a great body and it's my duty to take care of my physical temple.”
“If thy wealth waste, they wit will give but small warmth.”
“If I could define enlightenment briefly I would say it is 'the quiet acceptance of what is'.”

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