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We played every night. Sometimes we'd stay overnight after a game, but we'd usually drive on to our next destination.
I gave everything I had to basketball. The passion is still there but the desire to play is not. It was a great ride.
I got pulled over when I was behind the wheel of a Porsche in Philly once for what we call DWB - Driving While Black.
There’s no reason to hold yourself back and say you can’t do something in life unless you go for it and try to do it.
I think, between me and Chris Brown, if you combined our games, you'd get, like, a real Division I basketball player.
The way defences are operating these days, the other team'starts picking you up when you walk out of the hotel lobby.
The goal is to make practice more difficult, physically/mentally, than anything your players will face during a game.
Now, if you're an NBA fan, you know what Vince Carter did. I came up with a line about him: 'Half-man, half-amazing.'
The disconnect lasted too long. I think people got the idea I was sullen and couldn't communicate, which wasn't true.
I get scared of a lot of attention. I get scared of the spotlight. And I'm not talking about on the basketball court.
I'm looking for activity. I put players in and take them out based on effort and defense, not making or missing shots
Successful programs consist of people working hard, working together, while never worrying about who gets the credit.
It's never been about me... It's a team sport. It's basketball. It's not how good you are, it's how good your team is.
I didn't want to become a reserve player, or a bench player, and it was time to move on and take on another challenge.
I feel like part of the reason I play basketball so much is it just feels good. In the summer I play every single day.
My parents are my backbone. Still are. They're the only group that will support you if you score zero or you score 40.
Stop by stop by stop. Play aggressively. Sprint back on 'D' and pay attention to how we're supposed to guard as a team
I don't have to make a point. I'm George Bush. I'm the president. I built that arena, so I don't have to make a point.
I think the real free person in society is one that's disciplined. It's the one that can choose; that is the free one.
Each time I step on the basketball court, I never know what will happen. I live for the moment. I play for the moment.
We overload in our workouts so that the game slows down in real life. It helps you become a smarter basketball player.
It's pretty much the same; it's just that Phil was very weird with his system. This is more of the traditional system.
Players must be able to carry out simple instructions from the bench to the court. If they can't, then they can't play
I understand that I'm not perfect. I made mistakes and I had a hand in everything that's happened to me, good and bad.
If you've experienced having control, you don't want to be moved to a subordinate position, if you have your druthers.
A team divided against itself can break down at any moment. The least bit of pressure or adversity will crack it apart
We ran an up-tempo, transition-style of game at Boston College - very similar to what we ran when I played for Arnold.
I had endured six years of frustration so I think winning it all meant more to me than most of the others on the team.
I'm definitely somewhat of a tomboy. I grew up a pretty big tomboy, actually, and was really obsessed with basketball.
What am I most proud of? That, as a man, I've made my mom proud. Not just in basketball, but away from the court, too.
We have 2,500 students and an 8,000-seat basketball arena. You do the math on how important basketball is in Aberdeen.
Chick Hearn was my favorite broadcaster ever - he's the one who taught me to think basketball, how to love basketball.
I don't think I can play any other way but all out . . . I enjoy the game so much because I'm putting so much into it.
I gave everything I had to basketball. The passion is still there, but the desire to play is not. It was a great ride.
Children are like TV sets. When they start acting weird, whack them across the head with a big rubber basketball shoe.
You never make any of the shots you never take. 87% of the ones you do take, you'll miss too. I make 110% of my shots.
If you are not willing to work hard and establish discipline in your life, then all your dreams are merely pipe dreams.
Five guys on the court working together can achieve more than five talented individuals who come and go as individuals.
I never thought I'd lead the NBA in rebounding, but I got a lot of help from my team-mates - they did a lot of missing.
Talk to the guys that ain't doing nothing, don't talk to me. I just want eight guys out there with me who want to play.
I thrive on challenges, and there is no more imposing challenge for someone in my profession than winning an NBA title.
You can't force your will on people. If you want them to act differently, you need to inspire them to change themselves
I love basketball and I'm committed to it, but if I have to lock up my spirit because of basketball, it ain't worth it.
Leaders have to search for the heart on a team, because the person who has it can bring out the best in everybody else.
I also play a little bit of Tiger Woods once in awhile. Get on the golf course there, and pretend that I'm beating him.
For example, Michael Jordan earns $100million a year but continues to play basketball and remains a modest human being.
It is nothing new or original to say that golf is played one stroke at a time. But it took me many years to realize it.
It always amazes me that spectators want to coach, coaches want to officiate, and officials just want to watch the game
I've just got to let my teammates know in practice, without even telling them, that I don't think I'm ahead of anybody.
Alexander Hamilton realized that warfare was part and parcel of human nature, and it's something we had to prepare for.