Quotes on Basketball

You have to be able to separate business from the love of the game. There were a lot of decisions made business-wise that I wasn't happy with, and I took a lot of blame over the years. But you have to be able to separate that from the love you have for the game.

Everybody wants to talk about NBA players being selfish and arrogant and individuals. But what you saw today was a team bonding and facing adversity and coming out with a big win.

I always laugh when people ask me about rebounding techniques. I've got a technique. It's called just go get the damn ball.

A Coach must never forget that he is a leader and not merely a person with authority.

I told myself if I ever made it to the level I want to be at, I'm gonna give back.

I realize now that there's a strength in dunking that I can use to my advantage. When you dunk all the time it isn't as demoralizing to the opponent, but when you dunk at a key moment in the game you can use it to change the momentum.

I had some shots that I felt like I should've made; I just didn't make them. I'm not going to shoot the ball great every night.

I was just letting the shots fly. You know, I don't leave any bullets in the chamber.

The party's just getting started. This is where the fun starts.

It doesn't matter to me what place I get traded to. If I was traded someplace - I'd play anywhere.

You always have to be on edge. You always have to take every practice, every game, like it is your last.

I felt like when we came back from the All-Star break we needed everybody to feel like they were part of the team, ... I'm just trying to do whatever the team needs at any given time.

Basketball is my refuge, my sanctuary. I go back to being a kid on the playground. When I get here, it's all good.

There are some remarkable parallels between basketball and politics. Michael Jordan has already mastered the skill most needed for political success: how to stay aloft without visible means of support.

My dad always had this little sign on his desk: 'The bigger your head is, the easier your shoes are to fill'. He really drilled that in.

Ability may get you to the top, nut it takes chracter to keep you there - mental, moral, and physical.

I'm still my parent's child, I'm still me, but I made a choice. I evolved into Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. I think it has to do with evolution.

Not only is there more to life than basketball, there's a lot more to basketball than basketball.

Effort is only effort when it begins to hurt.

Teams that play together beat those with superior players who play more as individuals.

I never let our players get satisfied, I never let our Coaches get satisfied, I was never satisfied. We can always do it better.