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When I chose the New York Knicks, I was also choosing to live. This title moment is what it was all for
I became a fan of this team to connect with my father. Their NBA championship does not erase the heartbreaks and hurt of the past – it completes the journey Do you know what you want your last thought to be? I have waited my whole life for mine. Most people, I imagine, don’t choose theirs. They arrive at the end and find loved ones’ faces gathered around their bed. Their subconscious gifts them the sound of their child’s laugh, or the memory of their wedding day rises from the dark like a lantern, unbidden. The mind, in its final kindness, selects for them. But I decided long ago that I would not leave that to chance. I decided, the way you decide anything important, deliberately and a little defiantly, the way I have decided most things in my life. Continue reading...
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According to The Guardian’s source item, When I chose the New York Knicks, I was also choosing to live. This title moment is what it was all for, I became a fan of this team to connect with my father. Their NBA championship does not erase the heartbreaks and hurt of the past – it completes the journey Do you know what you want your last thought to be? I have waited my whole life for mine. Most people, I imagine, don’t choose theirs. They arrive at the end and find loved ones’ faces gathered around their bed. Their subconscious gifts them the sound of their child’s laugh, or the memory of their wedding day rises from the dark like a lantern, unbidden. The mind, in its final kindness, selects for them. But I decided long ago that I would not leave that to chance. I decided, the way you decide anything important, deliberately and a little defiantly, the way I have decided most things in my life. Continue reading…
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- When I chose the New York Knicks, I was also choosing to live. This title moment is what it was all forThe Guardian - 2026-06-15T09:00:18+00:00
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