If you do things with a certain type of result and cause a certain type of reaction or effect, then you increase your market value. It's very much a competition for the entertainment dollar, and that's never been more clearly evident than in today's NBA game.

Many people think sports are totally physical, that you don't have to think, everything is done for you and you're catered to, I found that to be so far removed from the truth that it's almost a joke. The ones who become stars are the ones who have a head on their shoulders and know how to use it.

At age 31, in 1981, I was voted the best player in basketball, and the most valuable player in the league.

I firmly believe that respect is a lot more important, and a lot greater, than popularity.

I've always tried to tell myself that the work itself is the thing, that win, lose, or draw, the work is really what counts.

I wanted to undertake the challenge of daring to be great.

I think that my God-given physical attributes, big hands, and big feet, the way that I'm built, proportion-wise, just made basketball the most inviting sport for me to play.