<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'><font size="3" face="Times New Roman, serif">It didn't take Atlanta Hawks rookie power forward Al Horford long to debunk one myth about the NBA.</font></p> <font size="3" face="Times New Roman, serif">"Training camp has been really tough. The biggest surprise has been how hard the practices are," said Horford, a University of Florida product who led the Gators to back-to-back national championships. "I'd always heard that the NBA doesn't practice, but that's not the impression that I'm getting so far."</font></p> <font size="3" face="Times New Roman, serif">Horford has made quite an impression on the Hawks so far, standing out in the preseason with his toughness inside and his ability to hit the mid-range jump shots. He has played so well thus far that there's a feeling he could eventually push veteran center Zaza Pachulia out of the starting lineup.</div> </font></p> <font size="3" face="Times New Roman, serif">Florida Today </font></p>
