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

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" 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. "

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

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

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

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

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

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

" 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. "

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

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

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

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

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

" 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. "