My father once told me that anyone who worked for three dollars an hour owed it to himself to put in four dollars' worth of work.

You can do anything you want to do if you want it bad enough

People say it was the greatest individual rivalry they've ever seen. I agree with that. Let me assure you that if either Wilt's or Russ' coach had ever told one of them he couldn't guard the other guy, he would have lost that player forever.

If you really have integrity, there are very few people who can insult you, or honor you.

I don't have very many regrets, not because I lived a perfect life but because life is a bunch of rolling hills, not mountains, or speed bumps instead of stop signs, and so you come to a situation and it's neither good or bad, it just is, and what it means to you is what's your take on it. But the second part of the equation is what are you going to do about it. A lot of times I'm completely wrong, but all you do is back up and start over.

Learning is a daily experience and a lifetime mission. I truly believe in the saying "We work to become, not to acquire."

Remember that basketball is a game of habits. If you make the other guy deviate from his habits, you've got him