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I didn't come here to be average.

Michael Jordan

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Michael Jordan
Age: 61
Born: 1963
Born: February 17
Autobiographer
Baseball Player
Basketball Player
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Brooklyn
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Air Jordan
Michael Jeffrey Jordan
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