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" I want to do the best I can in the NBA. After three or four years, I want people to know who Scottie Pippen is. "

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" If you're not on a team that's winning, it takes a lot out of you as a player. "

" As a player, you experience so many different moments, but you never truly sit back and reflect on them. You enjoy them, but with the championships, we were so busy celebrating with everyone that we didn't really realize what we had accomplished as individuals and as a team. "

" While I dealt with my share of injuries throughout my career, I was fortunate to have been healthy for the majority of our run in the 1990s. The same can be said about Michael Jordan. "

" I always dreamed of playing the NBA, but along the way, the road got a little cloudy. "

" What is most remarkable to me about Durant's game is what he does given his size. It's so unique to have a player who is 6-foot-9 with the ability to shoot and handle the ball so well. It allows him to stretch the opposing team's defense because he can do those things at such a high level. He's a load to deal with and an extremely tough matchup. "

" Statistics are one thing. But if you're not putting up the numbers as far as winning, they're not going to consider you for things like the MVP. "

" When you suffer a few losses in the playoffs, it forces you back into the gym early on. "

" Coach Dyer was a great mentor for me and a great teacher. "

" I knew I was a player that could break guys down and create for my teammates, and that is how I looked at it. "

" The odds were against me when I arrived at Central Arkansas. I was barely 6-foot-2 and didn't have a scholarship. But I always felt I could make it to the NBA; it was as if I had foreseen my future, and I knew I would make it. "

" As a young player, achieving All-Star status isn't as easy as you might think. "

" When I look at my career, I was really about defending. "

" You just go out and try to always play at your best. "

" As a player that has played this game, I know, at the end of the day I've had numerous amount of surgeries, and the doctors released me at numerous amount of times to go and play. But a lot of those times didn't mean go and play against the best in the world right now, but to get yourself ready to compete again. "

" I'm a guy who is easy to get along with, and I'll put up with a lot of things. But not dishonesty. "

" Each season was different and presented its own set of circumstances and challenges. "

" It's definitely tough to get up and walk away from something you have been a part of for so long. But it's part of life. "

" Coaching jobs are far and few between; you try and get into the right situation and take advantage of it from there. "

" Defense was one thing I was really able to work at and get better. "

" To be in a position where an organization like the Bulls creates a bust of you that will permanently be displayed in a building like the United Center says it all. It's hard to put into words because it is such an honor. It's great to know that something like that will be around forever. "

" No guy on the basketball court is a threat to score with LeBron James out there. Not only will LeBron dominate from the offensive end as well, but he's also doing it on the defensive end, which really makes him the complete package. "

" Fans are demanding. They want to win. They want it now. If you have an injury, they want you back the next day. "

" I make a lot of money, but I need to be treated right. "

" It's tough to lose and lose and lose and get a little closer, but you still lose. "

" There are no guarantees in the league, and the challenges will always be there. "

" If things work out for you as a team, then there are individual things that happen for you. But if you're not talented enough as a team, its hard for people to give you the recognition. "

" I want to be a role-model player, someone respected and looked up to. "

" It had been a long journey for me just to get drafted. I had to work very hard as a collegiate player just to get recognized, being at a small school. "

" Once you get a taste of success, it's a hard thing to turn down. "