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The best evaluation I can make of a player is to look in his eyes and see how scared they are.

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Michael Jordan
Age: 61
Born: 1963
Born: February 17
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But my drive to win is so great ... I just step over that line. ... It's very embarrassing, ... one of the things you totally regret. So you look at yourself in the mirror and say, 'I was stupid.'
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