He was someone who brought joy to everyone and, if you knew him, played with him or worked with him, you knew what a character he was.

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If you didn't know Kerry before, you knew him afterward.

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If you knew him, you have a story about him.

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If he was your teacher, you probably knew him as Mr McLaren.

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"You didn't want to play him because you knew you'd lose and he'd take your money, " Gillespie said.

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If you ever asked him to do anything, you knew it would be done.

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Somehow you knew this as you looked at him Wednesday night.

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"I've known him for years and from day one you knew this player was destined for great things, " said the Swansea midfielder.

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But ask anyone who knew him and they'll likely tell you that Morrie Schwartz made more of an impression on them then Michael Jordan, Bill Gates and Jodie Foster combined.

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"When you walked through the press centres at the World Cups everyone knew him, people like Pele and Bobby Charlton he was on first name terms with them, " he said.

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You knew whenever he hit the ground and didn't move, which wasn't like him.

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' I looked at Justin and I was like, You're not giving that record away, because I knew how important that record was to him and what it meant for him as a writer to finally get songs.

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