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Mick Jagger is in better shape than far too many NBA players. It's up in the air whether the same can be said of Keith Richards.

Greg Ostertag is one of the top centers on this planet!

Growing up, my parents were very, very strict. And then I went to UCLA with John Wooden, who was just off the charts.

I'm mainstream. Always have been.

John Stockton is one of the true marvels, not just of basketball, or in America, but in the history of Western Civilization!

Success at the highest level comes down to one question: Can you decide that your happiness can come from someone else's success?

Chick Hearn was my favorite broadcaster ever - he's the one who taught me to think basketball, how to love basketball.

A lot of people understand what not saying anything means, so, in effect, not saying anything is really saying a lot.

You don't win championships by just being normal, by just being average.

I grew up in an non-athletic family, where my parents were interested in music, in literature, in education and art.

Winning is about having the whole team on the same page.

Life is about growth. People are not perfect when they're 21 years old.

Why is Scottie Pippen taking a charge? Taking a charge is for people with no game!

I believe in science and evolution. I've been to the Grand Canyon.

Basketball is one of those rare opportunities where you can make a difference, not only for yourself, but for other people as well.

Never rank, rate, or compare coaches, children, concerts, or championships or congratulations. Just enjoy them all.

When everybody thinks alike, nobody thinks.

Patrick Ewing used to be much better in every aspect of the game.

Never forget - happiness ends when selfishness begins.

Anytime you bring Michael Olowokandi on to your team, disaster is soon to follow.

In basketball, you can be the greatest individual player in the world and still lose every game, because a team will always beat an individual.

What a pathetic play from a pathetic human being.

I couldn't imagine not playing basketball. To me, basketball is what life is all about.

I might be the most injured athlete in the history of sports. I've had 31 operations. An endless string of stress fractures.

Kazemi has to understand that nobody is going to tell him he has to go back to Iran if he misses a shot.

When I think of Boris Diaw, I think of Beethoven in the age of the romantics

I can think. I can sleep. I can move. I can ride my bike. I can dream.

The only man who can stop Cliff Robinson is Cliff Robinson. The man is unstoppable even at 38.

Health is a function of three things. 1. Luck 2. Genetics and 3. Choices in your lifestyle.

A huge Chinese population here in ... Houston.

I learned a long time ago that minor surgery is when they do operation on someone else, not you.

Without question, no hesitation, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar was the best player I ever played against.

Right now, you know, it's not about the refs or anything else, it's about hitting first, getting on the run and never looking back.

People who suffer learn to laugh about their sadness in public.

Kevin Garnett is the prototype for the NBA player of the future. He's already one of the greatest players to have played the game.

When you are in unrelenting, excruciating and debilitating pain that never goes away for years on end, your life is over.

There is absolutely no way the best team in the NCAA could even dream of beating the worst team in the NBA? You're talking about men vs. boys.

I tried to teach them [his sons] that about the importance of self-discipline, and that the culture of yes is built on a foundation of no.

Life is easy when you're hot. But what happens when the ball bounces the other way? You just keep getting back up and climbing up.

I had the only beard in the Western Hemisphere that made Bob Dylan's look good.

If Anthony Johnson ever gets a jumper, who's going to stop him?

Steve Nash is the most unathletic player in the league.

Bill Russell was my favorite player of all-time.

You look at Vladimir Radmanovic, this guy is cut from stone. As if Michelangelo was reading and a lightening bolt flashed before him.

I'm a lifelong stutterer.

No matter how good you get, there's always something further out there.

I could smell colors, I could feel sounds.

I have nothing but respect for the Lakers. So many of their legends shaped who I am as a person and player.

Kenyon Martin is the 2nd best player in the Eastern Conference.

The offensive presence of Greg Ostertag is quite overwhelming sometimes!

Health is the most critical thing in our life. With your health anything is possible, without it you can't do anything.

At 49, I can say something I never would have said when I was a player, that I'm a better person because of my failures and disgraces.

When you intercept the ball with your stomach, that is great defense

Tracy McGrady is doing things we've never seen from anybody - from any planet!