There's only one thing we can control, and that is how hard we play.
It's easy to be a spokesman and ambassador for a great organization like the NBA. I thank Commissioner David Stern for putting that trust in me to serve the NBA around the globe.
When I travel around the globe, I try as hard as I can to represent the NBA and the game of basketball to the best of my abilities. I get to go around the world and not only share the game but also my philanthropic work. Building a hospital in the Congo is one of the proudest achievements of my life.
Wherever there's money, there's drugs, so to say drugs don't exist in the NBA would be stupid.
Fifty percent of life in the NBA is sex. The other 50 percent is money.
The NBA's chosen ones think I'm setting a bad example? I think they need to look around and stop taking themselves so seriously.
He has become a great leader of his team, a guy that has evolved in terms of his role within the team.
I grew up on games like Madden and NBA Jam, then moved on to NFL 2K on Dreamcast. The game I really loved was Virtua Tennis.
Hakeem couldn't kick your ass cause you were too close, kissing his!
The NBAs a Fortune 500 company. Thats how you look at it. And all the other Fortune 500 companies out there in the world, you dont see their CEOs and COOs going to work with white tees and baggy clothes and stuff like that. So I have to take that same approach.
The NBA definitely has some trendsetters that stay up on the latest fashion, but I think you're starting to see guys like myself and others get some much-deserved respect in the style department.
I never think about missing a free throw. All that goes through my mind when I'm at the line is seeing the ball go through the bottom of the net.
I hate casual shooting. Every shot is preceded by working to get open and catch and shoot under game like conditions
Good basketball always starts with good defense!
The NBA wasn't a big deal at that time, so it wasn't really in my career plans.
Kevin Garnett is the prototype for the NBA player of the future. He's already one of the greatest players to have played the game.
No one missed more basketball in the history of NBA than I did. I played 14 seasons, on the roster for 14 years, and I missed more than nine-and-a-half full seasons.
I'm not into jewelry. I've got some earrings but they're not too expensive. There are guys who drop a hundred grand for a chain. The public's got it right - a lot of NBA stars are arrogant and like to spend lots of money and have lots of girlfriends and all that.
'Stay with it' was our coach's motto. That's what we did. This is unreal!
Every year I will stock my locker up with body wash, different lotions, different oils and different creams.
I see kids today trying to do the things I did, and it makes me feel like I've come a long way.
We didn't see [the NBA lockout] as a victory at all. It was far from what we set it out to accomplish in bargaining, but I thought it was a fair compromise.
Don't be afraid to let your players know how much you care about them
Im the best point guard in the NBA.
I got fined for talking to myself.
