Look, I think you should promote the game, but I think you should make it what it ought to be. Not some kind of a side-show..

You have to teach now - tell a kid how to box out, tell him how to pass, teach him footwork. Players don't understand that anymore..

I don't know hardly any of the players who have the in-between game like me, who can go to any position on the court..

Just fundamental things - I played guard and I played forward, so you get into a position where you are pivoting out on the court..

I think that teaching coaches are the norm now..

The thing about it is almost everyone could pass that way, but we were kept from doing it by our coaches..

I don't think that players learn how to play any other aspect of the game in high school or college..

Just because it is an All-Star Game doesn't mean that you are playing as efficiently as you should..

But if people are buying the products, naturally they're gonna use them..

I'm sorry that the young athletes in basketball will not get the chance to play (in the Olympics) anymore, and live that dream..

You don't cut anywhere, don't pick down anywhere, don't double screen, no weak side picking. All these things that should happen in a game of basketb….

We're all Americans trying to compete. Magic was competing for his team and Larry for his team..

But I like to think an athlete is an athlete..

There's so many young peoople who start to play basketball and never learn the fundamentals..

It's like all guys want to do is make a dunk, grab their shirt and yell out and scream - they could be down 30 points but that's what they do. Okay, ….

I'd like to think that the nature of the two teams - Boston being a championship team over the years and the Lakers, same thing - was a lot bigger th….

If you're a basketball player, you've got to shoot..

But when I did it (the triple-double), I didn't even know it until someone told me..

You've got to learn the footwork, the positioning, how to box out, how to pass, how to shoot your free throws. All these things are necessary, not to….

When you go into a game on offense, you make a couple moves and see what the defender is going to do. Then you pretty much can figure out what he is ….

When I came into the league, once a team drafted you, they owned you forever. If they didn't like the clothes you wore, or the car you drove, they co….