Friendship is a full-time job..

The most important thing to me is the friends that I've made..

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….

What's more important than who's going to be the first black manager is who's going to be the first black sports editor of the New York Times..

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 ….

My father once told me that anyone who worked for three dollars an hour owed it to himself to put in four dollars' worth of work..

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

We couldn't sustain it. And they got a lot of kids that can shoot. We just couldn't close out well enough..

The morale and the camaraderie that we had for one another earlier in the year is starting to come under duress because of all the losses. Some of th….

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

If Shakespeare can compare all of life to a stage, maybe it's not odd to believe that part of the play can take place on a basketball court..

On females officiating in the NBA -Incompetence should not be confined to one sex..

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

The only important statistic is the final score..

What distinguishes a great player is his presence. When he goes on to the court, his presence dominates the atmosphere..

We learn to make a shell for ourselves when we are young and then spend the rest of our lives hoping for someone to reach inside and touch us. Just t….

I think that David Stern is probably the greatest commissioner that any sport has ever had in the history of this country..

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..

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

Most people have a harder time letting themselves love than finding someone to love them..