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I’m hungrier than those other guys out there. Every rebound is a personal challenge.

The real question for me is: Can I play without cheating this game? The day I can’t give everything on the floor is the day I’ll be done. Lucky for you guys, that day is not today.

On females officiating in the NBA -Incompetence should not be confined to one sex.

My rule was I wouldn’t recruit a kid if he had grass in front of his house. That’s not my world. My world has a cracked sidewalk.

I think everyone should go to college and get a degree and then spend six months as a bartender and six months as a cabdriver. Then they would really be educated.

Live in the moment that you are in.

Create unselfishness as the most important team attribute.

The best thing about freshmen is that they become sophomores.

Leadership is helping yourself and other people achieve goals. The ability to direct your life to get the results you want is leadership.

If you’re straight with your players, they’ll be straight with you.

Guys who might not be superstars but because of their hustle, because of the little things they do, these are the guys who can really mean the difference between winning and losing.

Basketball really had its origin in Indiana, which remains the center of the sport.

A team will always appreciate a great individual if he’s willing to sacrifice for the group.

There are only so many hours you can sit on the bus and watch TV or play basketball or whatever we do to pass the time before we go out onstage.

Impossible is nothing.

As my great friend Aristotle said, ‘If you cannot command, you must learn to listen.’ I’m not the hierarchy here. I am a worker bee.

This is a tough game. There are times when you’ve got to play hurt, when you’ve got to block out the pain.

I realize that I’m black, but I like to be viewed as a person, and this is everybody’s wish.

I hate to lose more than I like to win.

I wasn’t real quick, and I wasn’t real strong. Some guys will just take off and it’s like, whoa. So I beat them with my mind and my fundamentals.

We communicate all the time, even when we don’t realize it. Be aware of body language

Shoulda, coulda, and woulda won’t get it done.

A champion needs a motivation above and beyond winning.

Great effort springs naturally from great attitude.

When I get done playing basketball, I’m definitely not going to be a rapper. I’m not going to be an old person who is focused on being a rapper.

I don’t need too much. Glamour and all that stuff don’t excite me. I am just glad I have the game of basketball in my life.

The idea is not to block every shot. The idea is to make your opponent believe that you might block every shot.

My goal is to win the next game one possession at a time. That’s it. I don’t have any other goals

I’m an Einstein of the streets and an Oxford scholar of common sense.

I won the city scoring championship as a senior.

Life is what you allow yourself not to see.

When I was young, everyone laughed at me when I said that I wanted to be a professional basketball player…now it’s my turn to laugh.

I’m still waiting for perfection. In the meantime, I’ll settle for persistence

God didn’t miss any of us.

I’m not saying that they were Einsteins; they were marginal students. But every ballplayer whoever touched me has moved up his station in life. And the players moved up my station.