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"As a young man just beginning to publish some short fiction in the t&a magazines, I was fairly optimistic about my chances of getting published; I knew that I had some game, as the basketball players say these days, and I also felt that time was on my side; sooner or later the best-selling writers of the sixties and seventies would either die or go senile, making room for newcomers like me."
"When time is running out and the score is close, most players are thinking, I don't want to be the one to lose the game, but I'm thinking, What do I have to do to win?"
"People just don't understand how obsessed I am with winning."
"My acting is a bit like basketball. Most females in my films come off very well. I give great assist. And if I'm lucky, I even score."
"Let your life be your argument."
"I am just happy to be part of the Nike family."
"Everybody has talent, but ability takes hard work."
"Even when I'm old and grey, I won't be able to play it, but I'll still love the game."
"As far as carrying the torch for the years to come, I don't know. I just want to be the best basketball player I can be."
"I've played with IVs before, during and after games. I've played with a broken hand, a sprained ankle, a torn shoulder, a fractured tooth, a severed lip, and a knee the size of a softball. I don't miss 15 games because of a toe injury that everybody knows wasn't that serious in the first place."
"No matter how good you are, at top pf your game, always remember that you're a half a step away from the street."
"Don't try to imitate other coaches. Be your own person with your own style and do your own thing."
"February is always a bad month for TV sports. Football is gone, basketball is plodding along in the annual midseason doldrums, and baseball is not even mentioned."
"Set goals - high goals for you and your organization. When your organization has a goal to shoot for, you create teamwork, people working for a common good."
"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."
"I realize that I'm black, but I like to be viewed as a person, and this is everybody's wish."
"I enjoy playing at the heart of it is just a kid who really loves playing the game of basketball."
"The Black Mamba collection of watches is me: It is my alter ego, so to speak. As I mentioned before, it is sharp, cutting edge and sleek which are characteristics I try to apply when I’m out there on the basketball court."
"Winning teams at the NBA level, the college level, and the high school level all play team basketball. Championship teams have five players on the same page at all times."
"You must learn how to hold a team together. You must lift some men up, calm others down, until finally they've got one heartbeat. Then you've got yourself a team."
