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Most basketball players appropriate fragments of other players’ styles, and thus develop their own. This is what Bradley has done, but one of the things that set him apart from nearly everyone else is that the process has been conscious rather than osmotic. His jump shot, for example, has had two principal influences. One is Jerry West, who has one
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It represents what a truly dominant competitor should be all about. Guys like Miller, Jordan, Hernandez, and Robinson are so far beyond shakable that opponents, instead of playing mental games, cower for fear of inspiring them.
Josh Waitzkin • The Art of Learning: An Inner Journey to Optimal Performance
Despite all of these innovations, what really set Midtown apart was the commitment to actively creating and teaching tennis players, not just selling memberships and court time. Alan made this perfectly clear, saying, “We love the game of tennis. We want everyone in the whole world to play tennis. We are going to create beginners.”
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Disorder is distraction, and every distraction on the court is a potential turning point.
Andre Agassi • Open
Nearly all of my new teammates were egotists in exactly the way Red was. Each of them knew how good he was, but each of them seemed to understand perfectly that everyone had to play his part for us to win.
David Falkner • Russell Rules: 11 Lessons on Leadership from the Twentieth Century's Greatest Winner
player, the more likely you will think him to be an NBA player. They had a hunch that people, when they formed judgments,
Michael Lewis • The Undoing Project: A Friendship That Changed Our Minds
Portland’s mistake would go down as the greatest blunder in draft history.