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What really excited me at the end was the challenge of being the best I can be and prolonging my best level and playing against the best players in the world. But now that I don't have the opportunity to play against the best players in the world when it counts, in front of fans, it doesn't excite me as much.

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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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