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" When I was four or five, I had an older brother who got paralyzed from the neck down in junior high school. Some kid did a wrestling fall on him and hit his spine. We had to take care of him. I went from being the baby to not really being the baby anymore. "

Scottie Pippen

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" 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. "

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Scholarship

" The influence of a high school coach can be so powerful. "

" I think when you come from a small college like I did, then you have to use every opportunity available to you. "

" I know how to win games. "

" I loved playing against the Pacers and Reggie Miller. Reggie was a great competitor, and I enjoyed playing against competitors. "

" I've never seen a player that can dominate a game the way LeBron James can. He don't always have to score. He makes plays for other guys. But when the game is on the line, and you need a shot to be made, he's going to make that play. "

" 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. "

" Basketball is a lifelong game. You continue to learn from the game day in and day out, and all along the way, you get better. "

" I don't really have any regrets. "

" I don't believe being a Hall of Famer is based on individual accolades. I think winning has a lot to do with it. But perhaps more than that, you simply have to show that you are the best or among the best at what you do. "

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Believe

Think

" Everything was a lesson learned and a step forward for me. "

" I feel like I'm a guy who gets other guys shots. "

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I Feel Like

" When I got to Central Arkansas, I was a small, slim guy with little chance of playing in the NBA. Then, I went through a two-year growth spurt, and suddenly, I was 6-foot-7. "

" 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 never wanted to be Michael Jordan, although I would like to trade bank accounts. "

Scottie Pippen

Bank

Michael Jordan

" For me, getting your number retired is the greatest accomplishment. There is no accolade with more significance that you can receive from an organization or school. Whether it was my four years at Central Arkansas or all my seasons with the Bulls in Chicago, it's a sign of respect for what I have done. "

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

" 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. "

" I remember the night in December 2005 when the Bulls retired my number and will never, ever forget it. "

" Michael Jordan is probably the greatest scorer to play the game. "

" My mentality when guarding a point guard was always to try and disrupt him and take them out of the offense. "

" I'm never going to leave my family hanging out to dry. "

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

" I was lucky to play with guys who were not only good players, but great people. "

" If I could have written a script of how I wanted my career to be, I couldn't have done it any better. "

" When I was growing up, I never thought I would play in the NBA. "

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