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Ich klopf schon mal auf Holz. Vielleicht entsorg ich auch altes Geschirr...das werden noch lange Stunden bis heut Nacht
Any meal that does not have to be divided among siblings qualifies as a feast for Adams. His father, Sid, an Englishman who settled in New Zealand after serving in the navy, had 18 children with five women. Adams is the youngest. He said mealtimes growing up were as competitive as any sport. “You kind of did fight for food so I filled up my plate,” he said. “My dad would make us finish it and I’d sit there crying because I’d have to finish all that food.” He laughed. “I think that forced my stomach to stretch,” Adams said.
Adams’s father seeded a redwood forest. His brothers average 6 feet 9 inches, and two, Warren and Ralph, played professional basketball in New Zealand in the 1980s. His sisters average 6 feet and include 31-year-old Valerie, a two-time Olympic champion in the shot-put who stands a shade under 6 feet 4. Their family resemblance is obvious; Adams has the same nimbleness around the basket that Valerie does in the shot-put circle.