I just felt all along that if I could get a certain amount of years in the league, have great years and still have my health when I walked away, that would be great.
An element of exaggeration clings to the popular judgment: great vices are made greater, great virtues greater also; interesting incidents are made more interesting, softer legends more soft.
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