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We have to have that mindset that whoever comes in our house can't win and it has to be the hardest place to play.
Jordan never stepped out on the court to have a good time. He stepped out there to establish that he was the best.
We were able to get after the rebounds. We were able to control the paint. We were able to be physical down there.
I don't like baggy clothes and looking like anything sloppy. The arms have to fit. The collar has to look perfect.
Everybody wants to talk about black and white, when the situation is really about rich people against poor people.
You can't be afraid to get back up and try again, and you really can't do that unless you acknowledge the failure.
Exercise and good nutrition helped make me what I am today and are critical in allowing me stay on top of my game.
Family was real important in putting me on my path. I'm so blessed to come from a home with a mother and a father.
If you're a better scorer than me, I'll put you down on the block; you score. I don't care. I can do other things.
I was always curious. I wanted to learn a little about a lot of things, and I really had to get pushed to achieve.
I want to raise a family and have a couple of small Dirks running around. But it will not be easy to win my heart.
When your teammate looks you in the eye and holds you accountable, that's the greatest kind of leadership there is
I'm always telling my kids to be themselves and let their personalities show in other ways than with their mouths.
Coming from Oakland, Calif., I never thought I'd be a Hall of Famer. I wasn't thinking about basketball like that.
I was keenly aware when I was drafted, when I signed my first contract; immediately, I was thinking about the end.
For starters, Portland isn't a great city to live in if you're a young, African American male with a lot of money.
If clients don’t trust you they will eventually stop doing business with you. It doesn’t matter how smart you are.
I play on all the consoles, but Xbox, mostly. I'm versatile, though, so whatever's going on, I'll take care of it.
I always find a couple of hecklers... I'll kinda look at them, stare at 'em, and let them know I can't be stopped.
I feel like I can be a great defensive player when I put my mind to it for the whole game, not just half the game.
You get ideas across better through listening and the pat-on-the-back method than you do with a kick on the pants.
There are no big things, only a logical accumulation of little things done at a very high standard of performance.
As a leader, you will receive a large amount of praise and criticism and you should not unduly affected by either.
The first professional game that I ever played remains, to me, the most exciting moment of my professional career.
OK, I'll put it like this: I doubt if we will see another All-American basketball athlete who is a Rhodes Scholar.
Reporters used to ask me the same inane questions year-in and year-out, city-to-city, and it would drive me crazy.
Michael Jordan and Magic and myself all learned how to play the game in college programs that emphasized the team.
Misery loves company. This is a Hollywood soap opera, and I'm not going to be a star in another Bryant soap opera.
I'm just trying to grow. That's one thing I told myself is, 'Don't worry about who people say is the best player'.
I'm just trying to grow. That's one thing I told myself is, 'Don't worry about who people say is the best player.'
I'm not a star, man. If a guy came in here and shot you and shot me, we'd both be two dead people. You understand?
Basketball is my refuge, my sanctuary. I go back to being a kid on the playground. When I get here, it's all good.
Remember when Jay-Z wore a Che Guevara T-shirt? Nobody knew who Che was. Then Jay-Z wears it, and it's everywhere.
James also revealed he and his teammates smoked marijuana one night after getting access to a hotel room in Akron.
I only lived in Sudan until I was four years, so I cannot really relate to that. It is just a different lifestyle.
I know when I am coming with the second unit, the team is kind of playing for me. I am kind of 'The Man' in there.
Eating cleaner has helped me with recovery, to keep my body in position to play as many minutes as my team needed.
I'm not afraid to improve myself spiritually, emotionally, economically. I'm not afraid to take on that challenge.
I'm never gonna try it, because you got to pay a lot for cocaine, and that's not the way I want to spend my money.
I enjoy money. You got to know how to enjoy it, though. A lot of people enjoy it the wrong way: They spend it all.
Getting the degree meant more to me than an NCAA title, being named All-American or winning an Olympic gold medal.
I've always been the Rodney Dangerfield of this game. Maybe it was meant to be that way, but that always drove me.
The point guard is always the leader on the floor, regardless: the extension out there on the floor for the coach.
You want to win a championship, but you want to be considered one of the best of all time. All-Star. Hall of Fame.
Obviously, there are nights in any job when you don't want to be there, but that's when the pride factor comes in.
That's the best part of the game, to see the smiles on their faces and the breakthroughs they have as individuals.
Can't nobody [mess] with me. I'm like toilet paper, Pampers and toothpaste. I'm definitely proven to be effective.
I've been at the bottom. I've lost loved ones, I've lost best friends, but that's part of life. I don't hide that.
Making a difference has always been most important to Starbury because it takes lots of care and thought to do so.
I'm not big on rookie hazing. I didn't wanna be hazed as a rookie, so I definitely didn't want to do it to others.