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![“I think that my IQ level grew as a player. I think that I [run] the game a little bit better. I'm waiting for the game to come to me, and I'm picking and choosing my spots instead of just going out there and just doing whatever because I don't have to do that with this team?” quote by Derrick Rose](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/a85/derrick-rose-6897_bits_i-think-that-my-iq-level-grew-as-a-playe_1107333.jpg)
![“[Crack epidemic] definitely has impacted folks in my family, most definitely. I think that's true for most, if not all people, regardless of color, that grew up in and around areas that were closer to the nucleus of the crack epidemic.If you look at Baltimore or D.C., Detroit, Chicago, Oakland…” quote by Mahershala Ali](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/846/mahershala-ali-6687_areas_crack-epidemic-definitely-has-impacted-f_2345442.jpg)
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