"It opened things in me, ideas, that allowed me to be …

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"I'm not sure I would have played in the NBA but for my football background," Nash insists. "It opened things in me, ideas, that allowed me to be different. There's 30 point guards in the NBA and they're all incredible athletes: explosive, powerful. I wasn't. I was more balance, coordination, rhythm, timing, creativity learnt playing football. When I started playing basketball I almost felt like I was cheating using my hands. Football gave me a great advantage: angles, spaces, timing. A lot of triangles, connective tissue. Ideas, concepts, movements."

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