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Quotes About Showboats

He's certainly got the power, Fury. He hurt Wilder in the first fight. But he's never really been that guy to go for the big knockouts. He showboats, he's got good movement, he's quick - but he's not the type to go and bang someone out.
~ Luke Campbell
Since Mikan, and before, basketball big men had been called pituitary freaks or glandular goons, but in some of the new criticism there was racial coding, as well. There were suggestions that the new NBA stars didn't appreciate or understand the game, its patterns, and its pure intangible qualities. The new stars were showboats, stars only because of physical advantages, which were unearned and unfair. ,,, The Dipper and others were changing the speed and geometry of the game.
~ Gary M. Pomerantz
The gospel is for lifeboats, not showboats, and a man must make up his mind which boat he is going to operate.
~ Vance Havner