I always said that you would never come to anything.

我早就说过，你成不了气候。

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When he was twelve, he recalls humorously, "one of my friends bet another friend a bag of sweets that I would never come to anything."

他幽默地回忆起：“十二岁那年，我有一个朋友以一包糖跟另一个朋友打赌，认为我将来不会有什么出息的。”

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Never, though, have any of my very best ideas come to me all at once in anything resembling a stroke of genius.

从来没有，不过，有我最好的想法来找我的任何一次都在类似的天才之举什么。

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So the Bulls know never to expect anything to come easily, certainly not a close-out game on their opponent's home floor.

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