![I was starting out in the business, there was only one path to playing professionally - graduate, or go four years. With the creation of the ABA [American Basketball Association] in the early 1970s, the sanctity of having to go to college was broken. The ABA took anyone, starting with Spencer Haywood.](/assets/img/quote-photos/i-was-starting-out-in-the-business-there-was-only-one-path-to-playing-profession.jpg)
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I've been saying our team has been playing good basketball. We just don't have a lot to show for it. Kevin Stallings
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This is a sport where the kids that aren't big enough or fast enough for sports like football or basketball can come in and compete. It's a great way to build up a kid's confidence. Tom Barker
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Walking has been ridiculous in college basketball the past 15 years. Bobby Knight
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Every game is important in the last 20 games; you have to win as many as you can. Whoever is playing the best basketball is going to go to the playoffs. We have to get every win we can and play well. Bobby Jackson
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I owe all of this to the guys I've played with and all the coaches that have helped me get to where I'm at right now. I'm honored to be here. Allen Iverson
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Personally I just want to win a championship.
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West Georgia is very athletic, and you have to earn everything because they play great defense. We must take care of the basketball and play smart.
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Rockefeller College is one of the premier places in the country to study politics, governance, policy, and public administration, Frank Thompson
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With the corporatization and privatization of higher education, it is increasingly more difficult for colleges and universities to expand and deepen democratic public life, produce engaged critical citizens, and operate as democratic public spheres. Henry Giroux
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I'm going to Columbia University but I'm trying to keep that low-profile because I don't want weird people following me there. I want the experience of normal college life. Julia Stiles
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Can we get back to how we’re going to kill Nick? And what’s this about a dead body? You’d better start talking quick, Ivy, ’cause I’m not going to play hide-and-seek with a dead guy in my trunk. I did that in college, and I’m not going to do it again.” A smile quirked Ivy’s mouth. “Really?” she asked, and I flushed. Kim Harrison
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Some people get an education without going to college. The rest get it after they get out. Mark Twain
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I live by the sea in Australia and the weather of course is glorious all year round. Anna Torv
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I had a great year and left my guts out on the field. Alex Rodriguez
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Better fifty years of Europe than a cycle of Cathay. Alfred Lord Tennyson