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I have definitely gone through my ups and downs and faced my adversity and my nay-sayers, but managed to do all right. It is a pretty classic tale.

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Steve Nash
Age: 50
Born: 1974
Born: February 7
Basketball Player
Film Director
Johannesburg
Gauteng
South Africa
Stephen John Nash
Gone
Managed
Right
Faced
Classic
Tales
Adversity
Definitely
Sayers
Basketball
Downs
Pretty
Tale

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