If there was a payment to the bank due, and we needed shoes, she'd get the shoes, and then deal with them guys at the bank. I don't mean she wouldn't pay the bank, but the children always came first.

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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...

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...

As far as playing, I didn't care who guarded me - red, yellow, black. I...

As far as playing, I didn't care who guarded me - red, yellow, black. I...

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

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

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...

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.

I mean, the greatest athletes in the world are African-American.

I mean, the greatest athletes in the world are African-American.

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.

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...

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 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 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...

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...

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.

When it gets down to it, basketball is basketball.

When it gets down to it, basketball is basketball.

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....

I never did give them hell. I just told the truth, and they thought it...

I never did give them hell. I just told the truth, and they thought it...

A leader is one who knows the way, goes the way, and shows the way.

A leader is one who knows the way, goes the way, and shows the way.

If a single person in a country is cold or hungry, the leader is at...

If a single person in a country is cold or hungry, the leader is at...

Baseball was, is and always will be to me the best game in the world.

Baseball was, is and always will be to me the best game in the world.