 As brilliant an individual that Michael Jordan was, he was not successful until he got with a good team unit. |
| When I was a kid, no one would believe anything positive that you could say about black people. That's a terrible burden. |
| When the line started to blur between the fans and the players, sometimes things can get ugly. |
| My most memorable moment came in 1985 as we beat the Boston Celtics. |
| The extra pass and the extra effort on defense always get the job done. |
| I have been coaching recently. I coached high school basketball in Arizona, and I hope that more opportunities become available. |
| In athletics there's always been a willingness to cheat if it looks like you're not cheating. I think that's just a quirk of human nature. |
| My mother had to send me to the movies with my birth certificate, so that I wouldn't have to pay the extra fifty cents that the adults had to pay. |
| I expect more people from China and Asia to end up in the NBA. |
| I felt that a number of people might have questioned my loyalty, but I continue to be a patriotic American. |
| I saw Islam as the correct way to live, and I chose to try to live that way. |
| When we went up against teams that were better, I just hoped that we could steal the victories. |
| A team will always appreciate a great individual if he's willing to sacrifice for the group. |
| I wanted to play baseball! |
| Michael Jordan and Magic and myself all learned how to play the game in college programs that emphasized the team. |
| I think I did very well against everyone who tried to defend me. |
| I think black Americans expect too much from individual black Americans in terms of changing the status quo. |
| I would suggest that teachers show their students concrete examples of the negative effects of the actions that gangsta rappers glorify. |
| The transition was difficult. It's hard to stop something that you've enjoyed and that has been very rewarding. |
| Fundamental preparation is always effective. Work on those parts of your game that are fundamentally weak. |
