I think that David Stern is probably the greatest commissioner that any sport has ever had in the history of this country.

The last five or six days, I've been running. The last two days, I've been running pretty hard. Everybody's got to be someplace.

After I played him for the first time, I said 'Let's see. He's four or five inches taller. He's 40 or 50 pounds heavier. His vertical leap is at least as good as mine. He can get up and down the floor as well as I can. And he's smart. The real problem with all this is I have to show up.

I think what has happened to our basketball team, we've been badly distracted. They're not reading too many positive things in the paper.

What's more important than who's going to be the first black manager is who's going to be the first black sports editor of the New York Times.

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.

The only important statistic is the final score.