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" If things work out for you as a team, then there are individual things that happen for you. But if you're not talented enough as a team, its hard for people to give you the recognition. "

Scottie Pippen

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" Once you get a taste of success, it's a hard thing to turn down. "

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" I wouldn't give Charles Barkley an apology at gunpoint. He can never expect an apology from me... If anything, he owes me an apology for coming to play with his sorry, fat butt. "

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