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" I started out real young as a tight end, but I was never getting the football. I knew when I played basketball, I loved to have control of the ball. When I played baseball, I was a pitcher. I always wanted to be the guy throwing the passes and making a difference, I guess. "

Jim Kelly

Loved

Football

Control

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Attention

Good

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Jim Kelly

Sometimes

Quit

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