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Charles Barkley, I used to watch him growing up. Then I met him. He was a big teddy bear.

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Shannon Miller
Age: 47
Born: 1977
Born: March 10
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And we realized that it was kind of a starting point for gymnastics, to go professional, and also to just get a lot more of the audiences in the arenas on the off years, in the years that we're not in the Olympics.
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Charles Barkley was a big teddy bear.
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