You don't need great skill to be a tough rebounder; being a rebounder is all about effort, determination, and physicality
I viewed it as a business, but I always viewed it as a game. An opportunity to show my skills, my basketball skills, amongst the best in the world.
People can fly. Some people fly higher than others, that's all.
Basketball isn't my job.
The NBA is the strongest professional sports league in the world. The league and the game is bigger than any one person, Michael Jordan included, and they always will be. I hope that today players, especially our young players, continue to recognize that simple fact. Nothing is more important than the game itself and the fans who support it.
Sometimes I wonder what it will be like to look back on all this. Whether it will seem real.
I am privileged to have played basketball.
Hornergy' is Zen's term for the indomitable athletic edge powered by sexual restraint. The basketball, baseball and football teams haven't had a winning season in years. The table-tennis team, however, is undefeated.
Hearing improves with PRAISE!
There are some remarkable parallels between basketball and politics. Michael Jordan has already mastered the skill most needed for political success: how to stay aloft without visible means of support.
Magic is crazy. He is that crazy wild guy on the basketball court that is very intense and very serious. He is the guy who lives and eats and breathes basketball.
When you are honest and open with young people, they let you in.
You know, I'm just 6'9" and 260. And just so happen to be very good at playing the game of basketball.
I was always making decisions and they were easier decisions because I had control of the game, I had control of the ball. As a coach you sort of put the ball in other player's hands and let them make decisions for you. But I still get a kick out of winning basketball games and that's what I'm in this for.
I can see why fans don't like to watch pro basketball. I don't, either. It's not exciting.
My goal was just to try and be the best player on my high school team, and look where I am now. And that was still my goal as a young kid, just to try and be a little better than my brother was.
For us to be the team that got him that historic 10th championship is special for us.
You have to be able to separate business from the love of the game. There were a lot of decisions made business-wise that I wasn't happy with, and I took a lot of blame over the years. But you have to be able to separate that from the love you have for the game.
It doesn't matter to me what place I get traded to. If I was traded someplace - I'd play anywhere.
To be honest with you, I (would) much rather play basketball and not be famous.
When I'm finished playing, I want people to say, 'He handled this well, he kept his cool.'
Flip's a player's coach, and I do know one thing, he motivates better than anybody I know. His system is very oriented around the point guard. He and Steph (Marbury) had a great relationship when Steph was in Minnesota.
I want the younger kids, the basketball players in high school and college to hear from me and let them know that when you come to the league, this is what happens and this is how I feel as an NBA player. And it's not all peachy keen.
I've got a long way to go to being the ultimate best, but I think my time is now. And I'm starting to enter my prime.
Music has always been a big part of my life. It's kind of like a refuge for me. I just use it to get away.
