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What I've talked about the entire series and throughout this playoffs is about intensity and effort, desire and will of our players.
To play at the Mecca of basketball and the Garden every night, it's probably the greatest decision I've ever made to go to New York.
I didn't do anything very pretty. My contributions were in the intangibles. But, they were the type of things that help lead a team.
We can't have two standards, one set for the dedicated young men who want to do something ambitious and one set for those who don't.
As my great friend Aristotle said, 'If you cannot command, you must learn to listen.' I'm not the hierarchy here. I am a worker bee.
There was not too much to do as a kid when we arrived in Germany. Playing basketball and listening to music gave me something to do.
If I continue to just get to the playoffs every year, I guess you could say I arrived, but right now I'm just trying to find my way.
I'm under a super microscope. I've got my friends to keep me cool. As long as you've got friends, you've got nothing to worry about.
When you're picking a basketball team, you'll take the brother over the guy with the yarmulke. Why? Because you're playing the odds.
I know, basketball is a dance. I didn't understand the significance of that type of training at first. I was supposed to read poems.
The way my team are doing, we could get Wilt Chamberlain in a trade and find out that he's really two midgets Scotch-taped together.
Greatness is not found in possessions, power, position, or prestige. It is discovered in goodness, humility, service, and character.
Basketball is my passion, and I love it, and I love to see my players succeed. I'm here for them and my children. That's my passion.
The truth of basketball is done in competition and fundamentals and team, but there's a lot of other junk that goes around the game.
Once you become complacent and once you're happy with your performance or whatever it is, I don't think you'll get better as quickly.
My acting is a bit like basketball. Most females in my films come off very well. I give great assist. And if I'm lucky, I even score.
I don't think it's tough to get there mentally. Your mind is saying, 'You know how to do this.' But your body doesn't always respond.
It seemed like we were losing every night for a different reason. Now we're winning a different way every time. It's a great feeling.
As long as you put on a jersey, no matter what kind of jersey it is, as long as you're supporting the game of basketball, I enjoy it.
I've been an athlete that's sort of in advance; always thinking. After basketball I'd love to have my own radio show, my own TV show.
I really do miss playing basketball. I don't play a lot of pick-up games. But I do like using basketball as a form of cross training.
People still cheat on their wives, that hasn't fallen out of fashion. We all speak of it badly, but it has not fallen out of fashion.
I'm a basketball player. That's what I do and what I love but that's just not all who I am. I'm talented in a lot of different areas.
When you've learned to believe in yourself, there's no telling how good a player you can be. That's because you have the mental edge.
Basketball allowed me to revere my father without him knowing what I was up to. I took up basketball as a form of homage and mimicry.
Look, I have no qualms about having played basketball. The game has done so much for me. Look at the places I've been, for one thing.
We're going to do it again next year. We'll see you again next year. Yeah, I said it. Yeah, I said it. We will do it again next year.
I only want to play basketball, and play it well and be happy about it. But I realize that with being famous, comes a lot of demands.
You have to make shots to win basketball games and we didn't do that. You also have to get back on defense, so it was a double-whammy.
I understand the NBA and the role I play on my team. I know that I have to play a leadership role and do whatever I have to do to win.
When I watch kids play basketball, they don't know how to think the game. They know what it should look like, but they don't know why.
I'm a big Knicks fan, and I will tell a professional basketball player that they suck because they didn't do what I wanted them to do.
My faith in Islam is not unlike my faith in the game of basketball: Both require immense determination, focus, passion and discipline.
When I was young, everyone laughed at me when I said that I wanted to be a professional basketball player...now it's my turn to laugh.
A lot of times I blend in a little bit easier because I'm not like a basketball player who's going to stand out because of his height.
I am, first of all, a basketball player. I've done this for so very long... For me, it's been essential to be successful on the court.
People wouldn't think of making avant-garde cuisine at home. When people play basketball at home, they can't play like Michael Jordan.
Son, my name isn't Knight to you, it's coach Knight or it's Mr. Knight. I don't call people by their last name and neither should you.
I don't play basketball as good as I used to and I hate losing, so I'd rather not be seen in public until I make sure my A game is up.
On the seemingly one-sided relationship between Michael Jordan and his shoe sponsors Nike- The company should change its name to Mike.
Baseball is not like football, basketball where a momentum is something made. You don't really have that kind of momentum in baseball.
Basketball really is a metaphor for life - the intangible skills I have learned on the court, have helped shape the person I am today.
First of all, I'm not buff enough. I got pushed away from the basket. And even when I didn't, I couldn't get anyone to throw me a pass.
Every memory I had growing up was involving a basketball. I didn't go to the prom and stuff like that. It was always basketball for me.
After an earthquake in Los Angeles - The earth in LA moved more in one hour than Benoit Benjamin did all last season with the Clippers.
If he wants to get that next contract, he's going to have to go to the New York Athletic Club three times a day and just ride the bike.
Whether it's boxing, basketball, or badminton, one must be ready to succeed before entering the arena...long before the lights come up.
I don't really want to go into my problems with the team at the time except to say that no one's ever had to pay me to play basketball.
It doesn't matter if it's game one or game 82, playoffs or whatever. Sometimes the basketball gods don't play in your favor that night.
The only thing even in this world is the number of hours in a day. The difference in winning or losing is what you do with those hours.