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Quote by James Naismith
The invention of the game of basketball was not an accident. It was developed to meet a need.
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The quote rejects the idea that basketball came about by chance. It presents the game as a deliberate creation, made in response to a specific need. In other words, its existence is explained by purpose and problem-solving: someone developed it because it was needed, rather than simply stumbling upon it.
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- U.S. Government Publishing Office, Congressional Record (reprinting Naismith’s 1939 Rotarian article)
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- Official Statement
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