As far as playing, I didn't care who guarded me - red, yellow, black. I just didn't want a white guy guarding me, because it's disrespect to my game.

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If there was a payment to the bank due, and we needed shoes, she'd get...

If there was a payment to the bank due, and we needed shoes, she'd get...

I really don't like talking about money. All I can say is that the Good...

I really don't like talking about money. All I can say is that the Good...

While day by day the overzealous student stores up facts for future use, he who...

While day by day the overzealous student stores up facts for future use, he who...

It doesn't matter who scores the points, it's who can get the ball to the...

It doesn't matter who scores the points, it's who can get the ball to the...

Once you are labeled 'the best' you want to stay up there, and you can't...

Once you are labeled 'the best' you want to stay up there, and you can't...

First master the fundamentals.

First master the fundamentals.

The best player I ever played with was Dennis Johnson.

The best player I ever played with was Dennis Johnson.

A winner is someone who recognizes his God-given talents, works his tail off to develop...

A winner is someone who recognizes his God-given talents, works his tail off to develop...

I've got a theory that if you give 100% all of the time, somehow things...

I've got a theory that if you give 100% all of the time, somehow things...

The best players will play. That's the way it will always be.

The best players will play. That's the way it will always be.

It doesn't matter who scores the points, it's who can get the ball to the...

It doesn't matter who scores the points, it's who can get the ball to the...

I don't know if I practiced more than anybody, but I sure practiced enough. I...

I don't know if I practiced more than anybody, but I sure practiced enough. I...

The one thing that always bothered me when I played in the NBA was I...

The one thing that always bothered me when I played in the NBA was I...

Leadership is diving for a loose ball, getting the crowd involved, getting other players involved....

Leadership is diving for a loose ball, getting the crowd involved, getting other players involved....

Leadership is getting players to believe in you. If you tell a teammate you're ready...

Leadership is getting players to believe in you. If you tell a teammate you're ready...

What's better? Dogs or broomsticks? I mean will the world really ever know?

What's better? Dogs or broomsticks? I mean will the world really ever know?

I've been around a while. I kinda know these things.

I've been around a while. I kinda know these things.

When it gets down to it, basketball is basketball.

When it gets down to it, basketball is basketball.

Push yourself again and again. Don't give an inch until the final buzzer sounds.

Push yourself again and again. Don't give an inch until the final buzzer sounds.

But it is a black man's game, and it will be forever.

But it is a black man's game, and it will be forever.