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From muggsy's long career he has become a mentor. He has showed everyone around him how he a isn't just a small guy, but a man with a dream who loved something so much that he worked his heart out for this. He has showed so many people that dreams aren't as distant as they seem and that anything is possible. He has shaped the basketball culture to show that everyone has an equal chance, which has helped so many people believe that they can make it ,if muggsy did.

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Muggsy Bogues vinatage basketball card

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Muggsy Bogues next to Manute Bol, the tallest player to ever play in the Nba

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This is a picture of Muggsy as a kid

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Who could blame them? At just 5 feet 3 inches, Tyrone "Muggsy" Bogues is the shortest player in the NBA's history.

If the NBA court is Goliath's realm, Bogues was its David.

Living proof that size doesn't matter, his was an ascent that took him from the Baltimore projects to the world stage, as the point guard mixed it with the NBA's big boys in an exceptional 14-year career, scoring more than 6,800 points before retiring in 2001.

Initially, Bogues harbored no dreams of reaching such heights. "I was just trying to play the game, having fun", he told CNN. "It was a hobby for me at the time."

Open-bottomed milk crates were Bogues' baskets and the streets were his court.

"I was playing and having a lot of success, but I also felt a lot of criticism behind it. I didn't know why," he shrugs.

It didn't take long for Bogues to find out. "People had started talking about my size, how short I was ... saying some cruel things."

Not that he let the doubters get him down: "I just wanted to play the game, and I kept playing."

Tenacity allied to a relentless approach to defense allowed him to "mug" his neighborhood opponents -- hence the nickname. He chased the bigger men like an unwanted noontime shadow.

"I was stealing the ball from all the guys. Every time they dribbled the ball I used to take it and I'd go down the court and I'd either lay it up myself or I'd pass it to one of my teammates. I was getting a lot of excitement from that; I felt good about doing that."

Even so, the downward glances and derisive whispers were never far away.

He mimics the supercilious remarks of his former doubters -- "'You're too short: You'll never be able to play high school or NBA or college'" -- with the untroubled tone of a man who knows he came out on top.

He recalls thinking to himself "I'm just going to keep on playing without looking back."

Bogues went from being named the Most Valuable Player in the recreational leagues to the Most Valuable Player on arguably the greatest high school team of all time: the famed Dunbar High School team of 1983, featuring future NBA stars David Wingate, Reggie Williams and Reggie Lewis.

"Each year, you keep on moving up the ladder," says Bogues, who went on to play college basketball for Wake Forest in the rugged Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC), breaking records for career assists and steals.

Nevertheless, when the Washington Wizards (then known as Washington Bullets) selected him as the No. 12 overall pick in the first round of the 1987 NBA Draft -- ahead of standouts Mark Jackson and former Dunbar teammate Reggie Lewis -- the skeptics had a field day.

Muggsy's frustration was less about the focus on his stature; more the shade those comments cast over his talent. "It was never about my skills," says Bogues.

"People looked at my size as a disadvantage, but I looked at it as an advantage. Whatever I had in my arsenal I had to use."

His was an arsenal that included a prodigious ability to shift. "Speed was one of the criteria for me -- one of my strengths. But I had to use them all ... everything I had," he says.

As well as his quickness across the court, Bogues had another priceless asset. "My IQ level was very high ... I saw things before they even happened.

"The guys that were around me -- I understood how to make them better. That's a form of leadership," he enthuses.

After just one year in Washington -- where he famously teamed up with the tallest-ever NBA player, the 7-feet-7-inch Manute Bol -- Bogues wound up steering the newly formed Charlotte Hornets.

Along with teammates Larry Johnson and Alonzo Mourning, Bogues made the Hornets buzz -- so much so that he remains the 18th all-time assist leader in the NBA.

Bogues was a player that cherished the basketball; indeed, as well as providing over 6,000 assists, Bogues' assist to turnover ratio was consistently up there with the best in the league.

If Muggsy was the NBA's smallest ever player, he possessed one of the biggest leaps of all time.

"I could dunk!" he insists -- though he was never able to in the flow of a NBA game, mainly because of his small hands.

"If I had a viable ball, a basketball that was going perfectly, I could ..."

To see Bogues in full flight is to marvel at one of sport's most unlikely sights.

"I had a 44-inch vertical, so I was able to get up there -- but I understood that it was just two points."

Never carried away by the joy of scoring, Bogues was in his element doing the dirty work that every sport demands.

"A dunk was just two points. It's exciting, you get the crowd up, but it's just two."

Besides, he says: "That wasn't a part of my game; that wasn't my strength. God didn't give me that type of talent to do that. He gave me other means to figure this thing out ... to maneuver, to be part of it.

"If you didn't know who I was, your mindset [was]: 'I'm just going to dominate this little kid, shoot over the top of him, there's no way he can affect my shot,'" Bogues muses.

That kind of thinking played right into Bogues' hands.

"I understood what goes into the game," he says. "And, having that understanding, it allowed me to play my game very aggressively, you know, and change the game.

"I changed the game defensively as a small guy, just like the impact of a 7-footer like a Patrick Ewing, or a Dikembe Mutombo or a Hakeem Olajuwon," he adds.

"I had it on a smaller version by guarding the ball, making it tough for the [big] guys."

Bogues' talents didn't just stop at the basketball court -- his is legacy further guaranteed by his cameo in cult film, "Space Jam."

He appears alongside not only Bugs Bunny, but Michael Jordan, Ewing, Charles Barkley, Shawn Bradley and Larry Johnson -- fitting company for one of the most recognizable individuals to ever play the game.

A 5-feet-3-inch man in the league of giants; it's only impossible until it's done.

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NBA: How Tyrone 'Muggsy' Bogues came out on top

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Who could blame them? At just 5 feet 3 inches, Tyrone "Muggsy" Bogues is the shortest player in the NBA's history. If the NBA court is Goliath's realm, Bogues was its David.

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Bogues was the youngest child of Richard and Elaine Bogues. Muggsy grew up along with his two brothers, Richard and Anthony and one sister Sherron Muggsy grew up in the projects of the citys east side.a little round object – basketball – saved his life,” he says. Five-foot three-inch Muggsy Bogues (. Muggsy grew up being friends with NBA players Reggie Williams and David Wingate. He went to highschool at Dunbar where his team was ranked the #1 in the entire country.

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Career: 889
PTS: 7.7
TRB: 2.6
AST: 7.6
WS: 54

Career High

PTS: 24
AST: 19
REB: 10
BLK:  2
STL: 7

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Throughout the decades, diversity in sports has changed drastically. One reason why diversity has in sports has changed drastically is because of many athletes such as Muggsy Bogues. Athletes like Muggsy have proved to others that no matter what your race, disablitie , height, or gender is, you can still be successful.  Therefore, the reason that sports were not diverse before these players, is because no one believed that anyone that had a disadvantage to others, could be a succesesful player or role model. Because of this, these athletes never had a chance to prove the world wrong.

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Throughout the decades, diversity in sports has changed drastically. One reason why diversity has in sports has changed drastically is because of many athletes such as Muggsy Bogues. Athletes like Muggsy have proved to others that no matter what your race, disablitie , height, or gender is, you can still be successful.  Therefore, the reason that sports were not diverse before these players, is because no one believed that anyone that had a disadvantage to others, could be a succesesful player or role model. Because of this, these athletes never had a chance to prove the world wrong.

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 Article 2                                     Some people that have changed sports include, Muhammed Ali, Jackie Robinson, and many others. However, many people forget that Muggsy Bogues also has had a great impact on sports. Muggsy Bogues is known for being the smallest NBA player ever. He was known for his unselfish play and his ability to steal the ball on defense. Though all these abilities seem like just talent and the natrual athletic ability, muggsy trained his entire life to achieve a dream that seemed once distant to this small basketball player. As Muggsy once said, "Success against the best puts you at the best. You never know who´s watching, so always give 110%.¨                                                                                                                    

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 Article 2                                     Some people that have changed sports include, Muhammed Ali, Jackie Robinson, and many others. However, many people forget that Muggsy Bogues also has had a great impact on sports. Muggsy Bogues is known for being the smallest NBA player ever. He was known for his unselfish play and his ability to steal the ball on defense. Though all these abilities seem like just talent and the natrual athletic ability, muggsy trained his entire life to achieve a dream that seemed once distant to this small basketball player. As Muggsy once said, "Success against the best puts you at the best. You never know who´s watching, so always give 110%.¨                                                                                                                    

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Article 1                            Tyron Curtis" Muggsy" Bogues was born on January 9, 1965 in Baltimore Maryland. He is an icon to all of America, as he was the shortest player ever to play professional basketball, as he only stood at a mere 5 feet 3 inches.  During his career in the NBA muggsy played as a point guard for several different teams. He played college basketball at  WakeForest University where he was an All American. Later he was   Drafted in the 1987 NBA Draft by the Washington Bullets, where he was acompunied by 7'7 center manute Boll ( the Tallest NBA player to ever play the game.) Muggsy played one season with the Bullets then left to play 10 seasons with the charlotte hornets where he was famous for playing. After his great time with the Charlotte Hornets,  he left and played with Golden State Warriors where he played 2 seasons, finally his carrer ended with the Toronto Raptors before retiring.

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Article 1                            Tyron Curtis" Muggsy" Bogues was born on January 9, 1965 in Baltimore Maryland. He is an icon to all of America, as he was the shortest player ever to play professional basketball, as he only stood at a mere 5 feet 3 inches.  During his career in the NBA muggsy played as a point guard for several different teams. He played college basketball at  WakeForest University where he was an All American. Later he was   Drafted in the 1987 NBA Draft by the Washington Bullets, where he was acompunied by 7'7 center manute Boll ( the Tallest NBA player to ever play the game.) Muggsy played one season with the Bullets then left to play 10 seasons with the charlotte hornets where he was famous for playing. After his great time with the Charlotte Hornets,  he left and played with Golden State Warriors where he played 2 seasons, finally his carrer ended with the Toronto Raptors before retiring.

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Muggsy is famous for saying, " I'm just trying to improve the team every time i step on the court." This shows that no matter how bad your team or how bad you are try your hardest to make you and your team better.