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I think you can get too focused on the championship and forget how rewarding it is to be part of a team.

Steve Nash

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Steve Nash
Age: 50
Born: 1974
Born: February 7
Basketball Player
Film Director
Johannesburg
Gauteng
South Africa
Stephen John Nash
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