The ones who become stars or superstars are the ones who have a head on their shoulders and know how to use it.
My mom is one of 14 children. She’s a great lady. She’s a Taurus. Has been a profound influence in my life, still is to this day. Born in meager surroundings in rural South Carolina.
You know, we always tried to rationalize by saying you take the good, you take the upside, you got to deal with the downside, you’ve to take the downside.
Many people think sports are totally physical, that you don’t have to think, everything is done for you and you’re catered to, I found that to be so far removed from the truth that it’s almost a joke. The ones who become stars are the ones who have a head on their shoulders and know how to use it.
If you’ve experienced having control, you don’t want to be moved to a subordinate position, if you have your druthers.
If you get depressed about being the second-best team in the world, then you’ve got a problem.
I started playing professional basketball in 1971, and I played professionally for five seasons before going to Philadelphia.
I live my life trying to never appear to be a small man.
I didn’t want to become a reserve player, or a bench player, and it was time to move on and take on another challenge.
You know, just in terms of having to have a life on the road, you know, having the celebrity aspect be a burden for my family, friends and extended family.
So much of becoming a good athlete involves bringing other things to the table, other than physical skills. It involves intelligence, it involves many of the things that you learn during the process of being educated. How to analyze, how to assess, how to equate, how to reason.
They are taking steps, but they are baby steps.
LA Clippers should come to Louisville.
I’ve always tried to tell myself that the work itself is the thing, that win, lose, or draw, the work is really what counts.
As a kid, I played a lot of one-on-none.
To be an innovator, you can’t be worried about making mistakes.
When I get a chance to power jump off both legs, I can lean, twist, change directions and decide whether to dunk the ball or pass it to an open man. In other words, I may be committed to the air, but I still have some control over it.
The biggest thing that I felt basketball could do for me was help me get a good education.
I came from a broken home, so my mom was a major influence in my life.
I think that my God-given physical attributes, big hands, and big feet, the way that I’m built, proportion-wise, just made basketball the most inviting sport for me to play.