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Forget the talk and watch the action

By Bill Curry
Special to ESPN.com

Wednesday, September 4, 2002

In an era of too much discussion, in a sports atmosphere that brings out the worst in fans and some of the more immature players, talk is not cheap. While the chatter may titillate and engage it detracts from the real beauty of competition at the highest level. It cheapens the razor-like efficiency of those performers who have learned to function at a near superhuman level in grace and concentration. In newspaper parlance it causes us to "bury the lead." It makes us miss the point. The chatter i ...

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