You can play Basketball, Horse, and Karate against a friend.

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You want to play your best basketball at the right time.

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"When you're coming back, fighting back from the lead, you need to pretty much play perfect basketball, " Gordon said.

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It works for basketball when you can play three times a week, but in football the field must be limited.

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Some of you might have known that Arne used to play professional basketball in Australia.

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"You should never play with any doubt out there on the basketball court, " Anthony said.

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Soccer, basketball, and other conventional sports teach you to play the game, to operate within an existing set of rules.

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You can play with some -- do some obstacle course, play basketball and tennis.

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But a basketball game is four quarters, and if you only play the first half well, you can blow the game in the second half.

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Safely assuming that any pay-for-play plan would include paying male football and basketball players, you run into huge issues with federal law.

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