After I got arrested, my dad, a lawyer, took me to a QC to try to build a case against the FBI. The dejection on his face when it became obvious that we couldn’t was disappointing.
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Not being able to take up my place at Rada.
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That things didn’t get better.
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That I stopped martial arts 20 years ago.
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Not winning the Mercury.
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