I think I started learning lessons about being a good person long before I ever knew what basketball was. And that starts in the home, it starts with the parental influence.

If you're not doing what is best for your body, you are the one who lose.

It's better to stay too long than to leave too soon.

Because of the makeup of the NBA, it cannot afford for the public to turn on them.

Being a professional is doing the things you love to do, on the days you don't feel like doing them.

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

If you don't do what's best for your body, you're the one who comes up on the short end.