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

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" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

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

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

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

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

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

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

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

" 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. "