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I think that any time you're able to get a guy like Carmelo Anthony to be on your team, you're going to be a step up.

Earl Monroe

The shortstop is a perfectly conditioned athlete. You're running out on relays all the time. You're covering second base. On every pitch, you're moving.

Lou Boudreau

Every time when they would call my name I kept hearing 'New York Knicks' instead of 'Seattle SuperSonics.'

Patrick Ewing

I always have said that the most valuable thing I have isn't money; it's my time.

Chris Paul

I'd like to say I was smart enough to finish six grades in five years, but I think perhaps the teacher was just glad to get rid of me.

Alan Shepard

I often tell people when you make a mistake, you not only hurt yourself, but you hurt the ones that love you.

Magic Johnson

I fell in love with coaching. I loved interacting with young people, having the opportunity to make a tremendous impression on them.

Morgan Wootten

I'm a competitive player, and I love being on the court. If the NBA cancels the season I'm definitely looking at my options and considering going overseas.

Paul Pierce

I play basketball for love and money, and they come in interchangeable order, depending on how things are going when you ask the question.

Tom Heinsohn

For me, being tall was very positive because I thought my mom was the most beautiful person ever.

Lisa Leslie

Winning the Rookie of the Year would be nice but making the playoffs would be even nicer for me.

Andrew Bogut

I think because I am a proven rookie that it is going to help me in the long run.

Andrew Bogut

In the NBA, there is a guy guarding you, and you really have to try shooting over him.

Amar'e Stoudemire

My parents always made me dress up for church. I really didn't want to.

Amar'e Stoudemire

I don't even know if you can blink in a hundredth of a second, and that's what it comes down to in speed skating.

Brittany Bowe

If a girl is smiling and is bringing positive energy and she's happy, that's what I notice right away - and her teeth.

Chandler Parsons

I think I can help others just by my example.

Pat Summitt

When you go out there and do the things you're supposed to do, people view you as selfish.

Wilt Chamberlain

If you have ability in a certain area, why not capitalize on it and improve it and use it?

Wilt Chamberlain

It became very clear that Hanoi was in effect strategically running the Viet Cong operation.

William Westmoreland

Well, you know, Thomas Jefferson, who was the author of the Declaration of Independence said he wouldn't have any atheists in his cabinet because atheists wouldn't swear an oath to God. That was Jefferson and we have never had any Muslims in the cabi...

Pat Robertson