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“It seems strange to me that, after everything that has happened in my life, Nowitzki is still playing basketball. My one season in pro sports left a deep mark on me—months after quitting I couldn’t touch a ball. The feeling of being constantly and objectively measured still hasn’t left me. Neither has the sinking feeling you get in sports’ lower rungs. Every time you lose, you can’t help thinking of all the leagues above you, all the guys on all those teams who would’ve beaten you too, if they’d only had the chance.”
