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" As athletes, we're used to reacting quickly. Here, it's 'come, stop, come, stop.' There's a lot of downtime. That's the toughest part of the day. "

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" When I lose the sense of motivation and the sense to prove something as a basketball player, it's time for me to move away from the game. "

" I want to play for years. "

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" I've missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I've lost almost 300 games. 26 times, I've been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I've failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed. "

" When I was playing before I retired, I never really understood the appreciation and the respect that people gave me. People had treated me like a god or something, and that was very embarrassing. "

" Sometimes, things may not go your way, but the effort should be there every single night. "

" I want people to understand, gambling is not a bad thing if you do it within the framework of what it's meant to be, which is fun and entertaining. "

" When I was young, I had to learn the fundamentals of basketball. You can have all the physical ability in the world, but you still have to know the fundamentals. "

" I can't speak for the future. I have no crystal ball. "

" Some people want it to happen, some wish it would happen, others make it happen. "

" The best evaluation I can make of a player is to look in his eyes and see how scared they are. "

" I like control. "

" For a competitive junkie like me, golf is a great solution because it smacks you in the face every time you think you have accomplished something. That to me has taken over a lot of the energy and competitiveness for basketball. "

" My challenge when I came back was to face the young talent, dissect their games, and show them maybe that they needed to learn more about the game than just the money aspect. "

" I realize that I'm black, but I like to be viewed as a person, and this is everybody's wish. "

" I want to be the bridge to the next generation. "

" To be successful you have to be selfish, or else you never achieve. And once you get to your highest level, then you have to be unselfish. Stay reachable. Stay in touch. Don't isolate. "

" You have to expect things of yourself before you can do them. "

" If you accept the expectations of others, especially negative ones, then you never will change the outcome. "

" I will not quit this game because of what the media has done to me. "

" I've failed over and over and over again in my life and that is why I succeed. "

" How many times have your parents told you not to do things, and the next thing you know, you go do it? And you realized you shouldn't have done it. "

" It's a heavy duty to try to do everything and please everybody. My job was to go out there and play the game of basketball as best I can and provide entertainment for everyone who wanted to watch basketball. Obviously, people may not agree with that; again, I can't live with what everyone's impression of what I should or what I shouldn't do. "

" I think the players win the championship, and the organization has something to do with it, don't get me wrong. But don't try to put the organization above the players. "

" I wasn't really a work-conscious type of person. I was a player. I loved to play sports. "

" In any investment, you expect to have fun and make money. "

" There is no such thing as a perfect basketball player, and I don't believe there is only one greatest player either. "

" My father used to say that it's never too late to do anything you wanted to do. And he said, 'You never know what you can accomplish until you try.' "

" My body could stand the crutches but my mind couldn't stand the sideline. "