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" Even when I'm old and grey, I won't be able to play it, but I'll still love the game. "

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" My heroes are and were my parents. I can't see having anyone else as my heroes. "

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" I've had tendinitis since college. "

" I know the signs of scaredness. "

" I can accept failure, everyone fails at something. But I can't accept not trying. "

" 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. "

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" 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 want to play for years. "

" 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 believe greatness is an evolutionary process that changes and evolves era to era. "

" It's absolutely wrong that I don't want guys to challenge me. And the people who say that aren't in the room. "

" 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'm not out there sweating for three hours every day just to find out what it feels like to sweat. "

" 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. "

" I want to wake up every day and do whatever comes in my mind, and not feel pressure or obligations to do anything else in my life. "

" It's a habit of mine now, noticing labels, logos, shoes. "

" Purchasing the Bobcats is the culmination of my post-playing career goal of becoming the majority owner of an NBA franchise. "

" In college I never realized the opportunities available to a pro athlete. I've been given the chance to meet all kinds of people, to travel and expand my financial capabilities, to get ideas and learn about life, to create a world apart from basketball. "

" I like control. "

" 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. "

" Do I need my number retired throughout the course of the league to acknowledge what I've done? No. "

" I've never been afraid to fail. "

" 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. "

" I hope the millions of people I've touched have the optimism and desire to share their goals and hard work and persevere with a positive attitude. "