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I've learned the number one job of a pro manager is not to win championships but to keep their job.

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Mark Cuban
Age: 66
Born: 1958
Born: July 31
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Wherever I see people doing something the way it's always been done, the way it's supposed to be done, following the same old trends, well, that's just a big red flag to me to go look somewhere else.
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If you think back to the first sporting event you went to, you don't remember the score, you don't remember a home run, you don't remember a dunk. You remember who you were with. Were you with your mom, your dad, your brother, on a date?
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