Watch: Chris Paul quotes Ricky Bobby after Clippers lose Game 7
Chris Paul has been to the playoffs seven times, but he's never advanced past the second round.
After the Clippers lost 113–100 to the Rockets in Game 7 of their second-round series, Paul shared some words of wisdom from a Will Ferrell movie.
"Ricky Bobby, like I said, if you're not first you're last," Paul told reporters after the game. "Being close ain't good enough."
Of course, that's the motto of the titular character in Ferrell's Talledega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby. It's what Bobby's dad tells him after being forcibly removed from an elementary school career day and becomes his catch phrase.
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But Paul must have forgotten the end of the movie, when Bobby's dad says, "Aw, hell, Ricky. I was high when I said that. That doesn't make any sense at all."
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