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I got good players, stayed out of their way, let them win a lot and then just hung around for 26 years.
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The speaker gives a modest account of 26 years in the game: having good players mattered most, and their role was to avoid getting in the way. “Let them win” suggests trusting those players to succeed, while “hung around” makes the long career sound almost accidental or understated.
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