Sport has never interested me and never will. At school the gym was a well of misery where my shortcomings could be exposed and ridiculed (quick, get a psychiatrist!). However there was one area where I did shine and that was basketball. I was well-built (still am) and six foot tall by the time I was fourteen. Although the game is in theory not a contact sport, it would be fair to say I had a presence which could be a deterrent. I was also a pretty good shot.
Many years later, having topped out at 6' 3", I was working at Wembley on a basketball match involving the Harlem Globetrotters. I had to go and fix a monitor and found it surrounded by players. It is the only time in my life that I have felt small - it was a surreal experience.
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