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A sheet of paper with an image of the Larry O’Brien Trophy has been taped to the locker of every Orlando Magic player at Amway Arena. It includes a quote from Aristotle: “We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.” “You know, that’s a great quote,” Orlando Sentinel columnist Mike Bianchi writes, “but it’s not among my three favorite Aristotle musings: (1) ‘All paid jobs absorb and degrade the mind.’ (2) ‘The gods, too, are fond of a joke.’ (3) ‘Hey, Plato, did you see that incredible gag job by Matt Holliday the other night?’ ” Los Angeles Times
