10 Quotes

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 ''My father bought and opened the store the year he married my mother. He ran it by himself, at a slight loss, till he collpased behind the cash register and died of a heart attack when i was 11 years old.'' (pg. 12)

''I don't know if you've ever been in a zone. There's nothing else like it in sports. There's probably nothing else like iit in life. Who knows why you slip into one? Or why you suddenly fall out of it? But when and if you ever do find the magical doorway, watch out, because for a few minutes you'll be capable of just about anything.'' (pg. 1)

''But how can you have a dream if you can drive through the 'hood and a few miles away someone can build a hundred
room mansion just for his own family.'' (pg. 117)

''Just play your game,'' Coach McNeil told us. '' Don't get psyched. Don't feel you have anything to prove. Don't start hotdogging. Just let it flow.'' (pg. 134)

''How strange that one stupid photograph taken in an airport in Rome could cause heartache to a sweet girl in Minnesota. Coah McNeil was right - the press can be very dangerous.'' (pg. 143)

''Everywhere I go in Rome I see homeless black men on the street, selling clothes and jewelry for whatever they can get.'' (pg. 154)

''This morning a death threat was called into La Repubblica, a major Roman newspaper, against your team. They were said to be part of a radical neo-Nazi group.'' (pg. 166)

''I wanna hang around. I AM the Teen Dream Team.'' (pg. 173)

'' The fear of death..It took everything away from him.'' (pg. 205)

''At first, all the attention was a little thrilling. But then the pain and shame kicked in.'' (pg. 226)

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