Advantages
An above-average reach is advantageous in sports such as basketball, boxing, and swimming. For instance, boxer Sonny Liston had an 84-inch (213 cm) reach despite being only 721⁄2 inches (184 cm) in height. This unusually long reach allowed him to hit opposing boxers from relatively safe distances where they could not reach him.
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Famous quotes containing the word advantages:
“No advantages in this world are pure and unmixed.”
—David Hume (1711–1776)
“There are great advantages to seeing yourself as an accident created by amateur parents as they practiced. You then have been left in an imperfect state and the rest is up to you. Only the most pitifully inept child requires perfection from parents.”
—Frank Pittman (20th century)
“We work harder than ever, and I cannot see the advantages in cooperative living.”
—Lydia Arnold, U.S. commune supervisor (of the North American Phalanx, Red Bank, New Jersey, 1843- 1855)