Michael was a rare breed. There's no question about that. He did things that a lot of players could never do, and still to this day players can't do those things, so the honors that he's had are definitely deserved.
I disobeyed a basic basketball rule and never boxed out. I figured that if I had the inside position I had enough of an advantage to just go get the ball. And coaches left me alone because I got it.
Once people couldn't trust the college game, some checked out the pro game, but that was in big trouble, too. We had no clock and a lot of faults. People looked at the slow pace and at big guys like George Mikan and said pro basketball was just for overgrown pituitary cases. Baseball and football were numbers one and two and pro basketball wasn't even in the same universe.
It's fair to say that Jews dominated basketball and that started in the 30s in all the big cities. I think it was simply because Jews lived in ghettoes and basketball is a great schoolyard game. You don't need a lot of space or equipment and you can adapt it to how many players you have.
The way defences are operating these days, the other team'starts picking you up when you walk out of the hotel lobby.
I usually just speak in English when I'm on the basketball court. For some reason, my mind never even tried to cross any other language when I'm playing basketball.
You want to do Olympics just like you do a pro football game or a basketball game? Be my guest. Watch it all fade away.
What does this program/team need this week?
We teach offense 5-0/5-5 (whole method) and defense by part (1-1/3-3).
I felt I was good in basketball but I wasn't a blue-chip prospect.
I miss basketball every now and then.
Basketball used to be my top priority.
Life for me outweighs the game of basketball.
I'm nothing more than a sports slave.
I thought it was pathetic: The league just decided that Grant Hill would go right to the top.
With me, everything's right on the table.
The Spurs couldn't put everything aside and just play the damn game.
The only time I'd played organized basketball was my sophomore year in high school, when I barely made the junior varsity team.
My last year with the Spurs, I was late to practice one time.
This whole huddle thing really pisses me off.
The Bulls talked to just about every person who ever met me.
There is so much hypocrisy in sports.
People are threatened by me. Rich white, rich blacks, it doesn't matter.
When they gave me that trophy, bro, I cried.
I'm going to come out and tell it like it is.
