From a professional standpoint, it didn’t get any better than achieving our ultimate goal, whether that meant six NBA championships in eight years, or two Olympic gold medals. But I’m more low-key than people realize. Give me an evening with family or friends, and I’m good.
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You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
January 15, 1991. Walking up Congress Avenue in Austin, with thousands of others, to see Mom sworn in as governor of Texas.
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Both of the days my children were born. It was like I’d stepped through a mirror and everything turned Technicolor.
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