The magic to a great meeting is all of the work that's done beforehand..

People say it was the greatest individual rivalry they've ever seen. I agree with that. Let me assure you that if either Wilt's or Russ' coach had ev….

Learning is a daily experience and a lifetime mission. I truly believe in the saying "We work to become, not to acquire.".

Heart in champions has to do with the depth of our motivation and how well your mind and body react to pressure - that is, being able to do what you ….

If you can take something to levels that very few other people can reach, then what you're doing becomes art..

My most prized possession was my library card from the Oakland Public Library..

After I played him for the first time, I said 'Let's see. He's four or five inches taller. He's 40 or 50 pounds heavier. His vertical leap is at leas….

The last five or six days, I've been running. The last two days, I've been running pretty hard. Everybody's got to be someplace..

Friendship is a full-time job..

You got to have the killer instinct. If you do not have it, forget about basketball and go into social psychology or something. If you sometimes wond….

I think what has happened to our basketball team, we've been badly distracted. They're not reading too many positive things in the paper..

Durability is part of what makes a great athlete..

Remember that basketball is a game of habits. If you make the other guy deviate from his habits, you've got him.

I hope I epitomize the American dream. For I came against long odds, from the ghetto to the very top of my profession. I was not immediately good at ….

A rebounder, or a shot-blocker for that matter, is always at a disadvantage if he tells himself the only way he can succeed is by out jumping the guy….

I've been fortunate to meet and work with a lot of really smart people. The thing that strikes me most about them is how they continue to explore and….

Create unselfishness as the most important team attribute..

We overreached our decision power. Sometimes our decisions have to fit the reality of the outside world..

Don't knock the ball in the stands, keep it in your hands!.

I don't have very many regrets, not because I lived a perfect life but because life is a bunch of rolling hills, not mountains, or speed bumps instea….

To love someone is nothing, to be loved by someone is something, to love someone who loves you is everything..