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Basketball Quotes by Pete Maravich
- They don't pay you a million dollars for two-hand chest passes.
- There is nothing wrong with dedication and goals, but if you focus on yourself, all the lights fade away and you become a fleeting moment…
- I don't want to play 10 years and then die of a heart attack when I'm 40.
- I lived my life one way for 35 years, for me. And then the focus came in on what I really was.
- If I have a choice whether to do the show or throw a straight pass, and we're going to get the basket either way, I'm…
- It's hard when your father's the coach. Sometimes you don't know where one leaves off and the other begins.
- My life had no meaning at all. I found only brief interludes of satisfaction. It was like my whole life had been about my whole…
- I played six to 10 hours a day, every day, 90 days during the summer, and I'd do incredible things. I would dribble blindfolded in…
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- My family got all over me because they said Bush is only for the rich people. Then I reminded them, 'Hey, I'm… — Charles Barkley
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