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

This is where young players today want to land. They want to be NBA players because of the money.

When you play against different people from all walks of life you can't do the same thing against every player defensively or offensively. You have to change up the way you go at a player.

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 than Larry Bird or Magic Johnson.

It's a sad commentary when I have to say that sometimes in our country we are real sensitive to race.

Some players are more physical than others, some play with more finesse. Some are just really great all-around players. So you have to change your game.

I played when I played, and played, I think, against the greatest players in the greatest time in the history of basketball.

I think that everyone should be able to dribble. Everyone should be able to pass. Otherwise, why are you out there?

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.

But I think the image that's thrown out on television is a bad image. Because you see players who want to imitate hip-hop stars. And the NBA is taking advantage of the situation.

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

Winners see the dream and develop plans while the rest see the obstacles and develop justifications.

People quickly forget evil because they still haven't created a language to describe it so the world refuses to carry the burden, preferring to forget.

If you want a guarantee, buy a toaster.

I enjoy talking about politics a great deal.

There were a lot of signs being thrown at me. A lot of angels I was meeting, inspiring me to get back into show business.

Unfortunately for novelists, real life is getting way too funny and far-fetched.

Marriages that last are with people who do not live in Los Angeles.

It is well known that you can only manage what you measure, and as this is the job of professional accountants, it means they have huge influence on companies' governance.

Love cannot be described. It must be tasted.

When I had forgotten God, yet I then found He had not forgotten me. Even then He did by His Spirit apply the merits of the great atonement to my soul, by telling me that Christ died for me.