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" When I was playing before I retired, I never really understood the appreciation and the respect that people gave me. People had treated me like a god or something, and that was very embarrassing. "

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" In college I never realized the opportunities available to a pro athlete. I've been given the chance to meet all kinds of people, to travel and expand my financial capabilities, to get ideas and learn about life, to create a world apart from basketball. "

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" It's a habit of mine now, noticing labels, logos, shoes. "

" In any investment, you expect to have fun and make money. "

" The best evaluation I can make of a player is to look in his eyes and see how scared they are. "

" There is no 'i' in team but there is in win. "

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" As athletes, we're used to reacting quickly. Here, it's 'come, stop, come, stop.' There's a lot of downtime. That's the toughest part of the day. "

" My body could stand the crutches but my mind couldn't stand the sideline. "

" Sometimes, things may not go your way, but the effort should be there every single night. "

" Being Michael Jordan means acting the same as I always have. "

" I can accept failure, everyone fails at something. But I can't accept not trying. "

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" I want people to understand, gambling is not a bad thing if you do it within the framework of what it's meant to be, which is fun and entertaining. "

" Winning isn't always championships. "

" Sometimes you need to get hit in the head to realize that you're in a fight. "

" My attitude is that if you push me towards something that you think is a weakness, then I will turn that perceived weakness into a strength. "

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" I think the players win the championship, and the organization has something to do with it, don't get me wrong. But don't try to put the organization above the players. "

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" I want to wake up every day and do whatever comes in my mind, and not feel pressure or obligations to do anything else in my life. "

" I built my talents on the shoulders of someone else's talent. "

" If you accept the expectations of others, especially negative ones, then you never will change the outcome. "

" When I was young, I had to learn the fundamentals of basketball. You can have all the physical ability in the world, but you still have to know the fundamentals. "

" I'm not out there sweating for three hours every day just to find out what it feels like to sweat. "

" My challenge when I came back was to face the young talent, dissect their games, and show them maybe that they needed to learn more about the game than just the money aspect. "

" I can't speak for the future. I have no crystal ball. "

" If you're trying to achieve, there will be roadblocks. I've had them; everybody has had them. But obstacles don't have to stop you. If you run into a wall, don't turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it. "

" Obstacles don't have to stop you. If you run into a wall, don't turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it. "

" The game has its ups and downs, but you can never lose focus of your individual goals and you can't let yourself be beat because of lack of effort. "

" Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence wins championships. "

" You have competition every day because you set such high standards for yourself that you have to go out every day and live up to that. "

" I hope the millions of people I've touched have the optimism and desire to share their goals and hard work and persevere with a positive attitude. "

" I do not have a problem, I enjoy gambling, but I think people are trying to make it seem like I have a problem, because people really don't know. "