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I don't play them a lot of minutes. I have great starters. I have All-Stars, world champions.
It will work out, somehow. That's a hell of a duo right there, Marbury, Crawford and Houston.
This life is like a swimming pool. You dive into the water, but you can't see how deep it is.
They didn't have a problem with me being wild and crazy when it came time to fill the arenas.
I can't begin to describe the amount of crap I've taken for being a lousy free-throw shooter.
I thought it was pathetic: The league just decided that Grant Hill would go right to the top.
I thought basketball was a game for women. My mother played basketball, and so did my sister.
Asthma research is a lot better and new medicines are always coming out to help young people.
Think of new ways to do old things. You must protect against boredom in a practice situation.
I tried to make a point of doing things outside the box, of not having basketball consume me.
Basketball is not played simply with X's and O's. It's played with both trust and confidence.
You can't let praise or criticism get to you. It's a weakness to get caught up in either one.
My philosophy of defense is to keep the pressure on an opponent until you get to his emotions
I'm not going to emphasize the sky-hook as much as work with the specific skills of the guys.
I know that the hard work got me here. And the day I stop working hard, this can all go away.
I've always been taught that basketball is a team game and greater than the sum of its parts.
Everybody on a championship team doesn't get publicity, but everyone can say he's a champion.
I was taught to play that way when I was in high school and even before I got to high school.
I think that basketball players should get the job done no matter how it looks on the screen.
You can't always be the most talented person in the room. But you can be the most competitive
I started wearing glasses last season but they're only for basketball games and dirty movies.
I never comment on referees and I'm not going to break the habit of a lifetime for that prat.
Bill Walton is incredible. If you drop a toothpick on his foot, he'll have a stress fracture.
Everybody is different. Everybody has different styles. Just do it the best way you know how.
I want people to say that an African basketball player is the best player in the whole world.
Basketball can give us a kind of mystical awareness. Everything seems focused and in balance.
Be a player; don't play yourself. And don't play basketball. That's not your sport, Jeb Bush.
First and foremost, I loved basketball. My dad introduced me to basketball when I was a baby.
Not every kid plays football, basketball. Running can be a source to vent and let things out.
My daughter genuinely asked me to hand her the basketball bat. I might be failing as a father.
I'm just what America needs: another unemployed black man. (on his retirement from basketball)
Flowers are the free throw of love. You're looking for the clutch three-pointer from downtown.
The best way to build team chemistry is the way Rupp used to substitute, when they fouled out.
I'm fighting against becoming soft. That's the worst thing you can say to a basketball player.
I've got to give Larry Bird his due; he was a great player. He knew the game and he was smart.
Wherever there's money, there's drugs, so to say drugs don't exist in the NBA would be stupid.
My type of basketball is about how to create space, how to maneuver, how to get your shot off.
Players draw confidence from a poised, alert coach who anticipates changing in game conditions
Your best player has to set a tone of intolerance for anything that gets in the way of winning
The only reason I went to college was to play basketball. I injured my knee and couldn't play.
If we magnified blessings as much as we magnify disappointments, we would all be much happier.
If you get depressed about being the second-best team in the world, then you've got a problem.
Kobe's an incredibly talented athlete, and there are many more like him among today's players.
When the line started to blur between the fans and the players, sometimes things can get ugly.
Sometimes, you follow your dreams. I say to the young people, 'If you have a dream, chase it.'
I focus on one thing and one thing only - that's trying to win as many championships as I can.
Every night on the court I give my all, and if I'm not giving 100 percent, I criticize myself.
I love sharing the ball with my teammates. I see a lot of things before my teammates see them.
I lived my life one way for 35 years, for me. And then the focus came in on what I really was.
To a father, when a child dies, the future dies; to a child when a parent dies, the past dies.