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I tried out for my basketball team every year and I never made it. You had to buy the shoes before you knew if you were on the team because it took a few weeks for them to ship. I bought the shoes every year, never once made the team, had a ton of high school basketball shoes.

My eldest sister Beth is a doctor who studied at Harvard and Columbia and played basketball for Harvard. She set the athletic and academic standard for the rest of us to follow.

I had a lot of fun playing football and basketball, but deep down, the chess match or cat-and-mouse game between the pitcher and batter in baseball really drew me in. It's a thinking man's game, and for me, nothing can compare to that.

I used to always sing my way into the movies and the basketball games or whatever. I'd sing for whoever's on the door, and they'd let me in. I used to think I was Nat King Cole back in the day, you know. So I'd sing something like, 'Mona Lisa, Mona Lisa, men have named you,' and they'd let me in.

Sure, I like to win when I play basketball or board games or video games, but my day isn't ruined if I lose. I'm always up for a rematch. In all seriousness, that's something that's nice about maturing.

I think the ultimate thing is basketball will never be what makes me 100 percent happy. This has always been my dream and this has always been my love. But no matter how many points you score or how few points you score, basketball will never be able to fill 100 percent of your happiness.

With the evolution of basketball there's always going to be new types of players and moves.

I want to set up after-school programs, have basketball camps for the kids and help in the community.

Basketball is a medium. Sports is a medium. But it's for every day life. It's to help you alleviate suffering and replace it with peace, love and compassion.

T-Mac was a beast, man. He had everything. There wasn't anything that T-Mac couldn't do on the basketball court.

I play basketball every single day in the offseason. I also lift weights and swim.

Highbridge - everybody rap in Highbridge; everyone grew up rappin' or playing basketball.

Make every day your masterpiece.

I don't have much of an attention span for TV - I nod off during the basketball playoffs - but when I watch 'Game of Thrones' on On Demand, I'm glued to the set. It's mystical and addictive. Tyrion Lannister, that's my man.

The first time I managed to pick up a basketball I knew I was destined to lead the UK to another National championship. ... Even now, so many years later, I still believe Kentucky will go undefeated in March & win everything.

I pray if I ever find out I have only about three minutes to live it's during a basketball game, because then I'll have, what, 10, 12 years to live?

A lot of times I blend in a little bit easier because I'm not like a basketball player who's going to stand out because of his height.

Hockey is a sport for white men. Basketball is a sport for black men. Golf is a sport for white men dressed like black pimps.

We can have no progress without change, whether it be basketball or anything else.

Young people need models, not critics.

Never mistake activity for achievement.