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Nowhere to be found is the anguish, the drama, the pain of an athlete on that level who considering walking away.

In 87 Bounces, a lone athlete shoots an airball that goes on a journey through some of the most memorable films in cinema history.

But I guess you have to regard him as a great athlete who never grew up.

But I think that the more important question is will I see a benefit as an athlete?

What if I were a kid who looked up to an athlete, and that athlete made me want to do better in my own life, and then he left?

Sometimes this cup was won by a middle-aged man, sometimes by a girl, and sometimes by a trained athlete.

More than ordinarily tall, she was shaped like a Juno, and moved with all the grace and freedom of an athlete.

Suddenly the man, with the strength and ease of an athlete, sprang lightly out on to the roof.

His blue flannel suit hung loose on his shoulders and chest, his athlete's limbs.

Mr. Norcross stands six feet two in his socks, and I've heard that he was the best all-around athlete in his college bunch.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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