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" Goals determine what you're going to be. "

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" 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. "

" 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. "

" When I get a chance to power jump off both legs, I can lean, twist, change directions and decide whether to dunk the ball or pass it to an open man. In other words, I may be committed to the air, but I still have some control over it. "

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

" When the crowd appreciates you, it encourages you to be a little more daring, I think. "

" One of the things in the back of my mind is that, after my sports experience, I never want to be, totally consumed by any one endeavor, other than my family life. "

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

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

" If you don't do what's best for your body, you're the one who comes up on the short end. "

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

" I keep both eyes on my man. The basket hasn't moved on me yet. "

" 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. "

" If you do things with a certain type of result and cause a certain type of reaction or effect, then you increase your market value. It's very much a competition for the entertainment dollar, and that's never been more clearly evident than in today's NBA game. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" You know, just in terms of having to have a life on the road, you know, having the celebrity aspect be a burden for my family, friends and extended family. "

" 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. "

" But you know, if you live an affluent lifestyle, there are all types of trappings that are there that you have to be cognizant of, and you've got to try and communicate freely and gain understanding about and then keep moving on, because you know, sometimes lifestyles are chosen for us as opposed to us choosing them. "

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

" If you've experienced having control, you don't want to be moved to a subordinate position, if you have your druthers. "

" Right up until the time I retired at age 37, I felt like there were still things that I could do better. "

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

" You know, we always tried to rationalize by saying you take the good, you take the upside, you got to deal with the downside, you've to take the downside. "

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

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

" 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. "