James Worthy
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"James Ager Worthy" is a retired American professional basketball player and current basketball Sports commentator/commentator, television host, and analyst. Named as one of the 50 Greatest Players in NBA History, ""Big Game James"" was a seven-time NBA All-Star, a three-time NBA champion and the 1988 NBA Finals MVP . A standout for the North Carolina Tar Heels, the 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) small forward was the NCAA Basketball Tournament Most Outstanding Player/MOP of the 1982 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament/1982 NCAA Tournament and #1 pick of the 1982 NBA Draft. He is a member of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.

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You have to totally drop your ego and start from scratch, and learn a new business.

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[Following a high-profile basketball career,] I wanted to do more than just show up and sign autographs and meet and greet, ... So, I thought, what if I could join with a company and start learning the business from scratch?

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They went into overtime and beat us to tie it up 1-1, and they went on to win that series [in seven games]. Obviously, if we had gone up 2-0, we probably would have gone back to LA and maybe capped off the series.

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I like the game the way it was, because there seemed to be a little more respect for your opponents and for your own teammates, ... The game was played, in my opinion, way differently - more as a team.

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Knocking out the cobwebs that had been over L.A. and over the Great Western Forum and way back in the Sports Arena days when Jerry West and Elgin Baylor and Wilt Chamberlain never could overcome the Celtics - that probably was my fondest memory.

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He (Pola) told me about his business and I was curious, ... I could see this was a great team.

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I get that same excitement as a fast break with Magic.

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It's easy to get into business, ... It's much harder to stay and maintain.

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We had a chance to win Game Two with about six or seven seconds to go and we were under the Celtics' basket.

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