Quote collection
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"The trick in writing children's books is to set up danger, mystery and excitement on page one. Force the kid to turn the page . . . Then in the middle of each chapter there's a dramatic point of excitement, and at chapter's end, a cliffhanger."
"I always wanted the ball in my hands with a game on the line, as I think any real competitor does."
"I would hope that racism is something that just does not work in this day and age, but I know otherwise."
"The passion to win games, the incredible, focused energy and also the camaraderie of the team were all things that I really loved."
"As you get older, every chance to win a championship is more crucial, because you are going to have less and less of them."
"You can't ever totally know what's inside of someone else, or see the kind of will someone like Magic has. You have to rely on your instincts to find people who hate losing and know how to win."
"The marketing of players has created untold wealth for many sports stars. You can't blame them or the company that covets the relationship with them, but that doesn't mean the player is good."
"I was not a great ballhandler. I just worked very hard at it, and I got to be a good ballhandler-a competent ballhandler-but never a great ballhandler."
"I enjoy winning, but more importantly I enjoy the people I'm around."
"Coaches who have been players in the league, they get so attuned to playing how they were successful, and who their coaches were."
"I don't live in the past. And besides, there are too many times in my career to remember specific events, because I played so many games."
"I was disappointed if I didn't have a chance to win a game, and if I had the chance and didn't do it."
"It was clear to me that I was never going to be the same kind of player I had been. It was time to quit."
"Personalities seem in many cases to dominate the lucrative endorsement market. But that doesn't upset me. What upsets me is when not enough attention is paid to the product-the game."
"I would never, ever intentionally hurt a player contractually."