I still get mad when a coach yells at me or some member of the media asks me a dumbass question. (Five minutes after losing a game: “So, how do you feel about that loss?” How do you think I feel? Even Dr. King might smack someone for that dumb shit.) But I think that has to be the goal: the ability to forgive someone on the spot. It’s so easy to throw a punch. It’s so easy to shoot back. But to be able to forgive? There’s an organization of the families of murder victims that protests against the death penalty. That’s the level we need to aspire to. It’s not easy when revenge is held up in
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