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'You're on our shortlist. It's between you and the bloke who's going to get the job.'

"Where would you see yourself in five years' time?"

What else is there to wish for?

"I wanted to be a baseball player 'til I found out they send you to the showers."

My coach wants me to go to soccer camp. Focusing on one sport isn't good for you. But mom! I'll develop crucial life skills. Let's see. "Landing endorsements, agents and college sports scholarships." The definition of "crucial".

"I'm not using my jumper as a goalpost, sir, I'm using it as a jumper."

'Anything is possible in our great country, son. If an Afro-American can become president, a white man can become a pro basketball player.'

"This is a hell of a way to start a magazine."

"Because when you're drafted by the pros, you'll have to be able to sign your contract. That's why you have to attend first grade."

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Something tells me his current firm aren't going to be happy to let him go!

One day, he hoped to hit the big time.

"You can achieve anything if you put you mind to it."

"No doctor, my husband is not sleep-walking again. He is sleep-jumping!"

Charlie's medical advice always went in one ear and out the other.

'When you talk about playing, 'at the next level', you mean lawyering, right, not the NBA?'

'It's great that you want a career in football, Timothy, but don't you think being a striker would be more fun than being a goalpost.'

'I told my teacher that I won't be returning to school. I'm trying out for a pro basketball team, and her services are no longer required.'

'I want to be a professional Polo player too when I grow up... Can I have your autograph please?'

'I want to be a professional Polo player too when I grow up...Can I have your autograph please?'

'W e e e l l . . . my mum says I'm good at testing the patience of saints'

"To be honest, it just collects dust."

'When I grow up, if I don't become a pro basketball player, about about 'spin doctor'?'

"Slithering is okay but jumping is more fun."

"Coach said I can be catcher if I gain 30 pounds."

'It's true that a college degree might render you overqualified for your present position, but it's a chance I'd take.'

"Where do you see yourself in five years?"

How to get ahead and how to get further ahead.

"It's beginning to appear as if I'll never have greatness thrust upon me."

New Years Resolutions: Join Gym. . .Cancel Gym.

"Hold on, one more thing to go."

"If I don't get a bonus from my bank, I'll quit and flip burgers!"

Career center: 'I'm planning to replace Katie Couric when she retires!'

"That outfit is a nasty mix of stripes and patterns."