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Grant Hill: I Almost Bailed On Duke Before I Started

How could someone that talented not see how great he was?

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NCAA Basketball: Florida State at Duke
Dec 30, 2017; Durham, NC, USA; Duke Blue Devils alumnia Grant Hill prior to a game against the Florida State Seminoles at Cameron Indoor Stadium. 
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Here’s something we never thought we’d see: Grant Hill considered leaving Duke before his career really started because he wasn’t sure he was good enough. And where would he have gone?

George Mason...so he could begin to plot a career in politics.

He’s still considering it.

It’s a pretty weird idea - both the idea that he didn’t understand how good he was and the idea of him getting into politics. He’d probably be successful, but it’s still strange to consider.

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