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Abe Lemons

U.S. basketball coach

I don't jog, if I die I want to be sick.

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Abe Lemons

(1923-2002) U.S. basketball coach I hope they notice the mistletoe tied to my coattails as I leave town. www.english-slang.com

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go out for

[go out for] or [come out for] {v. phr.} To try for a place on (an athletic team.) * /Ten boys went out for track that spring./ * /The coach […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

sick and tired

[sick and tired] {adj.} Feeling strong dislike for something repeated or continued too long; exasperated; annoyed. * /Jane was sick and tired of always having to wait for Bill, so […] A Dictionary of American Idioms & Cardigans

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