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I positively, positively, positively want to play. I've got everything else so why not a gold medal? I want to play.

Patrick Ewing

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Patrick Ewing
Age: 62
Born: 1962
Born: August 5
Basketball Coach
Basketball Player
Kingston
Jamaica
Patrick Aloysius Ewing
Sr.
Patrick Aloysius Ewing
Pat Ewing
Big Pat
Hoya Destroya
Everything
Play
Medal
Positively
Basketball
Gold
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