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Dirk Nowitzki is indisputably one of the greatest basketball players of all time. He spent his entire 21-season career with the Dallas Mavericks, leading the team to its 2011 championship. How a kid from Würzburg, Germany, achieved mastery of his craft and what we could all learn from his story are the subjects of the book The Great Nowitzki: Basketball and the Meaning of Life (W. W. Norton & Company, March 15), by Thomas Pletzinger, and newly translated into English by Shane Anderson. Texas Monthly spoke with the author, who lives in Germany. Texas Monthly: At one point, Dirk Nowitzki’s personal trainer quotes Miles Davis: “When you hit a wrong note, it’s the next note that makes it good or bad.” How does this relate to how…

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