"If architecture is, as is sometimes said, music set in concrete, then football and basketball may be said to be creativity embodied in team sports.“


-Michael Mandelbaum

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If architecture is, as is sometimes said, music set in concrete, then football and basketball may be said to be creativity embodied in team sports.

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