I feel that there has been progress made since I was a boy on matters of race, but we have a long way to go.

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I didn't really seek attention. I just wanted to play the game well and go...

I didn't really seek attention. I just wanted to play the game well and go...

I expect more people from China and Asia to end up in the NBA.

I expect more people from China and Asia to end up in the NBA.

I think that the good and the great are only separated by the willingness to...

I think that the good and the great are only separated by the willingness to...

I think someone should explain to the child that it's OK to make mistakes. That's...

I think someone should explain to the child that it's OK to make mistakes. That's...

The game has basically not changed since I ended my career.

The game has basically not changed since I ended my career.

I wanted to play baseball!

I wanted to play baseball!

Michael Jordan and Magic and myself all learned how to play the game in college...

Michael Jordan and Magic and myself all learned how to play the game in college...

Dear Scottie, I have nothing but respect for you my friend as an athlete and...

Dear Scottie, I have nothing but respect for you my friend as an athlete and...

I'm not comfortable being preachy, but more people need to start spending as much time...

I'm not comfortable being preachy, but more people need to start spending as much time...

You have to be able to center yourself, to let all of your emotions go......

You have to be able to center yourself, to let all of your emotions go......

I'm not going to disappear.

I'm not going to disappear.

In athletics there's always been a willingness to cheat if it looks like you're not...

In athletics there's always been a willingness to cheat if it looks like you're not...

My choosing Islam was not a political statement; it was a spiritual statement.

My choosing Islam was not a political statement; it was a spiritual statement.

I can do something else besides stuff a ball through a hoop. My biggest resource...

I can do something else besides stuff a ball through a hoop. My biggest resource...

Your mind is what makes everything else work.

Your mind is what makes everything else work.

You can't win unless you learn how to lose.

You can't win unless you learn how to lose.

I would suggest that teachers show their students concrete examples of the negative effects of...

I would suggest that teachers show their students concrete examples of the negative effects of...

I think the NBA will certainly survive without Michael Jordan.

I think the NBA will certainly survive without Michael Jordan.

Center is a very tough position to play.

Center is a very tough position to play.

My most memorable moment came in 1985 as we beat the Boston Celtics.

My most memorable moment came in 1985 as we beat the Boston Celtics.