They changed the floor back to old school. They changed the uniform back to old school. Somebody tell the damn players to start playing like old school.
To catch the ball, face up, look at all of my options and then pass. I was playing hot potato. I didn't want to be the guy to stall the triangle.
Some people might not like him because he's my son. But be respectful, go out there and enjoy the game.
If I got something to say or do to a man, I'm going to look that man in the eye and tell him what is going to happen. That's just me now.
A winner is someone who recognizes his God-given talents, works his tail off to develop them into skills, and uses these skills to accomplish his goals.
I don't know if I practiced more than anybody, but I sure practiced enough. I still wonder if somebody - somewhere - was practicing more than me.
The one thing that always bothered me when I played in the NBA was I really got irritated when they put a white guy on me.
There is a lot of pressure put on me, but I don't put a lot of pressure on myself. I feel if I play my game, it will take care of itself.
As a professional athlete a lot is going to be said about you - but I just try to move forward and try to achieve my goals.
I mean, when you grow up in the inner city and you grow up in a single-parent household, that's - those are humbling times, you know?
When I watch kids play basketball, they don't know how to think the game. They know what it should look like, but they don't know why.
Over there, Kevin McHale, I feel like I'm talking to someone I know. It's just a total different atmosphere.
I'm still going to have to go out and score, but defensively hopefully I can make them a little bit better.
To be a part of a championship team, I'm excited... This is the closest I've ever been to a championship. I'm looking forward to the challenge of helping this team repeat.
Actually, the Kentucky moment was better than winning the two National Championships, because it was the epitome of what I try to get from a team in a crisis situation.
Every day when I get on the floor I give it my all and play because you never know what tomorrow holds.
When you get punched, you have to get up. You have no other choice. If you don't, you're not going to grow, you're not going to get better as a player.
Progress and Poverty was the most closely knit, fascinating, and convincing specimen of argumentation that, I believe, ever sprang from the mind of man.
You don't think the losing is ever going to end, but when it does end, you get to enjoy it and keep working with it and keep getting it better, and that's where we are.
In Australian culture, people are just more laid back, people aren't as serious, they just take their time with things. It's just like, whatever, if I don't get it done I don't get it done.
I would hope this experience would help me if that NFL opportunity were to arise. But I also know that it's a totally different league. There's a lot more to it.
