I wanted to play baseball!

I don't know if I was the baddest. People kind of saw me in that light.

This is what I would have done if I had to have a real job: I would have been a history teacher.

Lakers were able to maintain a certain level of talent and success and so were the Celtics. So after awhile it became part of people's sports lore...

I have always thought that writers come with any variety of attributes. Some are capable and some aren't.

You have to be able to center yourself, to let all of your emotions go... Don't ever forget that you play with your soul as well as your body.

The '80s made up for all the abuse I took during the '70s. I outlived all my critics. By the time I retired, everybody saw me as a venerable institution. Things do change.