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“If you don't agree with me, I have two words for you: shut the fuck up.”
― quote from The Book of Basketball: The NBA According to The Sports Guy
“But that's the thing about basketball: you don't play games on paper.”
― quote from The Book of Basketball: The NBA According to The Sports Guy
“You never know when true greatness is lurking around the corner. Just make sure you don’t forget the ones who already lurked.”
― quote from The Book of Basketball: The NBA According to The Sports Guy
“The secret of basketball is that it’s not about basketball.”
― quote from The Book of Basketball: The NBA According to The Sports Guy
“When the Lakers held Jerry West Night in March 1971, Bill Russell paid his own way to be there and said during the ceremony, “Jerry, I once wrote that success is a journey, and that the greatest honor a man can have is the respect and friendship of his peers.”
― quote from The Book of Basketball: The NBA According to The Sports Guy
“When the Lakers held Jerry West Night in March 1971, Bill Russell paid his own way to be there and said during the ceremony, “Jerry, I once wrote that success is a journey, and that the greatest honor a man can have is the respect and friendship of his peers. You have that more than any man I know. Jerry, you are, in every sense of the word, truly a champion. If I could have one wish granted, it would be that you would always be happy.”
― quote from The Book of Basketball: The NBA According to The Sports Guy
“When I was his age, and even today, when it comes to books and libraries, too much is never enough”
― Josh Hanagarne, quote from The World's Strongest Librarian: A Memoir of Tourette's, Faith, Strength, and the Power of Family
“A society in which such decisions can only be made by males has thrown away half of its knowledge, talents, and insights.”
― Thomas Sowell, quote from Basic Economics: A Citizen's Guide to the Economy
“Set patterns, incapable of adaptability, of pliability, only offer a better cage. Truth is outside of all patterns.”
― Bruce Lee, quote from Tao of Jeet Kune Do
“His eyes lingered on me, and I wondered if that was a message. Was he danger? Was I supposed to run?
I wasn’t afraid.”
― Abigail Haas, quote from Dangerous Boys
“Jake was right - I'm strong in a way June never was. Because I know that I want to be here. Even with the pain. Even with the ugliness.”
― Hannah Harrington, quote from Saving June
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