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“Why is it that if you happen to be black and over six feet tall, everybody thinks you supposed to play basketball or football?”

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Book:Disappearing Acts

Source: Disappearing Acts

“If you have a child who is seven feet tall, you don't cut off his head or his legs. You buy him a bigger bed and hope he plays basketball.”

Ifs Children Play Cutting Feet Bed Basketball Bigger Seven Legs Tall

Author:Robert Altman

“I just play basketball. I'm athletic. Skinny but strong, tall but quick.”

Play Strong Basketball Tall Athletic Skinny

Author:Chamique Holdsclaw

“I don't know how tall I am or how much I weigh. Because I don't want anybody to know my identity. I'm like a superhero. Call me Basketball Man.”

Knows Men Want Inspirational Know How Identity Basketball Call Me Tall Superhero

Author:LeBron James

“If parents are aiming at choosing children who will be good athletes, or great musicians, or who will get into Ivy League schools, or who will be tall enough to make the basketball team, then there is a danger that the life of the child will bear the burden of that expectation; and the risk of disappointment and the cost of disappointment will be even higher than they are now, and even now they can be considerable.”

“I love being a pavement artist; seriously, I do. It's like when guys who would normally hate being freakishly tall discover basketball, or when girls with abnormally long fingers sit down at a piano. Blending in, going unseen, being a shadow in the sun is what I'm good at. Seeing the shadows, it turns out, is not my natural gift.”

Long Artist Guy Hate Turns Girl Natural Sun Seeing Basketball Shadow Fingers Piano Tall Unseen Pavement Natural Gifts Blending In

Book:Cross My Heart And Hope To Spy

Source: Cross My Heart And Hope To Spy

“I wanted to have a career in sports when I was young, but I had to give up the idea. I'm only six feet tall, so I couldn't play basketball. I'm only 190 pounds, so I couldn't play football, and I have 20/20 vision, so I couldn't be a referee.”

Giving Ideas Play Wanted Young Sports Vision Careers Feet Football Basketball Giving Up Six Humorous Pounds Tall American Football Sportsmanship Parameters Referee Funny Motivational

Author:Jay Leno

“The first time I shot the hook, I was in fourth grade, and I was about five feet eight inches tall. I put the ball up and felt totally at ease with the shot. I was completely confident it would go in. I've been shooting it ever since.”

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Author:Kareem Abdul-Jabbar