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If we can take young people who excel at the highest levels, put them on the same kind of pedestal as the all-state basketball player and the all-state football player, and begin to get the same kind of recognition, it will have a profound effect, and we are finding that it does.

~Ben Carson

Topics: Basketball Basketball Player Begin Does Effect Excel Finding Football Football Player Get Highest Highest Levels Kind Levels Pedestal People Player Profound Put Recognition Same Take Them Who Will Young Young People

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I really focused on three things in high school - my company, basketball and my school work.

~Ben Casnocha

Topics: Basketball Company Focused High High School Really School Things Three Work

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It's hard to play basketball when nothing is inside of you.

~Ben Mclemore

Topics: Basketball Hard Inside Nothing Play Play Basketball You

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There's something to be said for any boy growing up among lots of other boys who like to play basketball and football, while all I wanted to do was put on musicals. Mentally, I was always in my own world.

~Ben Platt

Topics: Always Among Any Basketball Boy Football Growing Growing Up Like Lots Mentally Musicals My Own Other Own Play Play Basketball Put Said Something Up Wanted While Who World

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When I was coming up in high school, if you wanted to be in the musical it was during the winter, so I had to choose between playing basketball or being in the musical. And I ended up playing basketball.

~Ben Schwartz

Topics: Basketball Being Between Choose Coming Ended Had High High School Musical Playing School Up Wanted Winter You

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As a kid, I always idolized entrepreneurs. I thought they were cool people in the way that I thought basketball players were cool people. It's cool that some people get paid to dunk basketballs, but I'm not one of those people.

~Ben Silbermann

Topics: Always Basketball Cool Cool People Dunk Entrepreneurs Get Idolized Kid Paid People Players Some Some People Those Thought Way Were

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I was in school to play basketball; I wasn't trying to be a doctor. It's hard to talk about the NCAA rules and everything that happened in the past because I've just been focused on practicing and getting ready... I was trying to reach my dreams, and that's to play in the NBA.

~Ben Simmons

Topics: About Basketball Because Been Doctor Dreams Everything Focused Getting Happened Hard In The Past Just Nba Past Play Play Basketball Practicing Reach Ready Rules School Talk Trying Ncaa

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I used to play basketball and I was pretty competitive, but I was never a bad loser. I never got angry. For me it was always about doing my best and devoting myself to a challenge.

~Benicio Del Toro

Topics: About Always Angry Bad Basketball Best Challenge Competitive Doing Got Loser Me Myself Never Play Play Basketball Pretty Used

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You do a deal - business deal, real estate deal, stock deal - protect yourself at all times. I got that from boxing. That's from A to Z: that covers everything in life. And it started when I heard it in the ring. They don't say that in basketball or football or any other sport that I know of but boxing.

~Bernard Hopkins

Topics: Any Basketball Boxing Business Covers Deal Estate Everything Football Got Heard Know Life Other Protect Real Real Estate Ring Say Sport Started Stock Times You Yourself

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Boxing should not let - we should not let - the people in business of boxing should not let a person to just walk right in and get the grand prize of boxing. You can't do it in basketball, football, hockey.

~Bernard Hopkins

Topics: Basketball Boxing Business Football Get Grand Hockey Just People Person Prize Right Should Walk You

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