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

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

" 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. "

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

" And I continued to grow until I was 25 years old. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" Because of the makeup of the NBA, it cannot afford for the public to turn on them. "

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

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

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

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

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

" One of the commitments that I personally have now is to a diverse approach to buying businesses, and the operation of those businesses. "

" 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. "

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

" 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 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. "

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

" 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. "

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

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

" 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 demand more of myself than anyone else could ever expect. "

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

" 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. "

" One of the most predictable things in life is there will be change. You are better off if you can have a say in the change. But you are ignorant or naive if you don't think there will be change, whether you want it to or not. "

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