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

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" My role models in the business were the older guys on my team when I first got there: Gray Scott, Adrian Smith, Roland Taylor. These were the guys who took me under their wing, and really schooled me in terms of what the business was about. "

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

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

" 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. "

" I always try to keep a pretty conservative demeanor on the court. "

" 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. "

" 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 live my life trying to never appear to be a small man. "

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

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" With the crowds on your side, it's easier to play up to your potential. "

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

" When I played, the owners had the power. The prisoners are running the prison now, not the warden. The warden is strong and he has say so but, the balance of power is definitely with the players. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" There's the typical books, Moby Dick and, I guess in my adult life I began to read biographies more than fiction. I started to want to relate to other people's lives, things that had really happened. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

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

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