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" When you speak of the Pat Rileys, the Phil Jacksons, you have to speak of Don Nelson and the success that he has had in the game. "

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" 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. "

" The things that have happened for me, to me, have helped me grow up. Especially the passing of my father. That was something that took me to another level of growing and maturing. That's whan I started to be more of a man. "

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

" There's nothing like the camaraderie of being around the other players. "

" I love playing in Chicago, and the fans have been great to me. "

" I was way behind physically in high school. They had weight bars that were about forty-five pounds. I couldn't handle them. Couldn't even put the weights on. It was embarrassing. So I always figured out ways to avoid lifting when I was young. "

" It's not common for your best player to also be your most unselfish player. "

" 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. "

" I will always be a part of the game. "

" I want to do the best I can in the NBA. After three or four years, I want people to know who Scottie Pippen is. "

" At the point when I lost my father, it really made me want to be like a father and be like my father. It was a real turning point for me because it helped me mature - it made me think about being responsible because I wasn't the only one I had to think about. "

" When I grew up, I was just another kid who wasn't going to college. "

" When I say I played with the greatest, let's not forget I also played for the greatest coach of all time. "

" 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. "

" It's not easy to win 60 games in the NBA. "

" Everyone likes to strike while the iron is hot. That's a philosophy I've always liked. "

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

" Things for me really started to click right after my third year in the league. I sort of figured out that there were a few things that I needed to do if I wanted to get better - I needed to gain some more weight and add some strength. "

" Pau Gasol is one of the best big men in the game. "

" I wasn't given a scholarship out of high school, and that allowed me to learn what hard work was early on. "

" If I had an opportunity to hand-pick a team that I wanted to play in the NBA Finals, it would probably be the Lakers. "

" Sometimes as a player, you're not there yet. The doctor can tell you the headache is gone, but he don't totally know that it is gone unless he can get in your head. "

" 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. "

" If you're not on a team that's winning, it takes a lot out of you as a player. "

" I spend a lot of time at home with my kids. "

" When I got the call to guard Magic, I knew that I could cause him a lot of problems. "

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

" Each season was different and presented its own set of circumstances and challenges. "

" When you get some easy baskets, the basket definitely looks like it's much larger. "

" 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. "