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" As a kid, I played a lot of one-on-none. "

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" In 1981, at age 31, I was voted the best player in basketball, and the most valuable player in the league. "

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" I always try to keep a pretty conservative demeanor on the court. "

" To be great we need to win games we aren't supposed to win. "

" I had to spend countless hours, above and beyond the basic time, to try and perfect the fundamentals. "

" Being a typical Pisces, I might have experienced mood shifts, but I don't remember any depression, or needing to do anything, or to have someone bring me out of being depressed. "

" When I went to Philadelphia I was 26 years old and really sitting on top of the world. Family life, a professional career, plenty of friends and associates, and a good reputation, a wish list that could be the envy of many. "

" I came from a broken home, so my mom was a major influence in my life. "

" With the crowds on your side, it's easier to play up to your potential. "

" They are taking steps, but they are baby steps. "

" Teachers are sort of faced with a thankless task, because no matter how good they are, unless they find a way to personally rationalize the rewards of their effort, nobody else is really going to do it for them en masse. "

" I think I started learning lessons about being a good person long before I ever knew what basketball was. And that starts in the home, it starts with the parental influence. "

" You can feel the vibes, feel the people pulling for you. "

" But you know, we have a very normal family. We've had our ups and downs. You know, we've had our issues, but we've had great cause for celebration. "

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" And from the first time I picked up a basketball at age eight - I had a lot of difficulty when I first picked up a basketball, because I was a scrub - there were things that I liked about it. "

" That was just my own personal program: I didn't want to get too high over the good moments because I didn't want to be saddened and depressed when things didn't go as I had planned. "

" I pulled the plug on it at a time that I thought was right for me to exit. "

" In a lot of areas of my life, particularly in my teenage years, I began to think about the world, and to think about the universe as being a part of my conscious everyday life. "

" When handling the ball, I always would look for daylight, wherever there was daylight. "

" My role models in the business were the older guys on my team when I first got there: Gray Scott, Adrian Smith, Roland Taylor. These were the guys who took me under their wing, and really schooled me in terms of what the business was about. "

" Every team that I've played on, I've either been the captain or co-captain. "

" I liked the game, I enjoyed the game, and the game fed me enough, and gave me enough rewards to reinforce that this is something that I should spend time doing, and that I could possibly make a priority in my life, versus other sports. "

" I firmly believe that respect is a lot more important, and a lot greater, than popularity. "

" I grabbed 19 rebounds in my first professional game, and somehow found a way to score 20 points. I felt real good about it. I felt that this was the beginning of something good. "

" The key to success is to keep growing in all areas of life - mental, emotional, spiritual, as well as physical. "

" If you get depressed about being the second-best team in the world, then you've got a problem. "