I am privileged to have played basketball.
If you pass the ball to Bill Cartwright, you’ll never get the ball from me.
I went to a bookstore to try to find a book. The bottom line is, it all comes by trial and error. It was scary and exciting at first you don’t know what to expect. But once you look into your child’s eyes, you forget about that.
It’s probably a twelve-day. He needs two days to wake up.
All I wanted to do was to improve, to keep getting better.
You remember what you said in 1994 about, ‘I think I can guard you, I can shut you down, I would love to play against you?’ Well, you’re about to get your chance.
I do not have a problem, I enjoy gambling, but I think people are trying to make it seem like I have a problem, because people really don’t know.
Be optimistic about everything in life.
The greatest people that ever lived were also the greatest failures. They just didn’t let those failures affect them like they do most.
As athletes, we’re used to reacting quickly. Here, it’s ‘come, stop, come, stop.’ There’s a lot of downtime. That’s the toughest part of the day.
Basketball isn’t just about the bright lights, packed arenas and highlight reels. Basketball is a way of life. Basketball is a relationship between you and the ball, you and your teammates. If you love the game, nobody can take that from you.
There will be a player greater than me.
It takes a hell of a lot for a man to put up with me. I can be a handful.
You have competition every day because you set such high standards for yourself that you have to go out every day and live up to that.
I’m retired 99.9%. Of course, there always is that .1%.
I smoked my first cigar in 1991, when we won the championship. Up to that point, I had never smoked a cigar, never smoked anything.
I don’t know about flying, but sometimes it feels like I have these little wings on my feet.
My advice is find fuel in failure. Sometimes failure gets you closer to where you want to be.
For a competitive junkie like me, golf is a great solution because it smacks you in the face every time you think you have accomplished something. That to me has taken over a lot of the energy and competitiveness for basketball.
I won’t have any competitive instincts in any sports, other than golf. I can’t see being competitive in sports any more.