When I was a kid, like 14 or 15, I played with the waiters from the hotel, 'cause that was the best game. And these guys, they'd let me play. And they were black guys.

When I was young, I never wanted to leave the court until I got things exactly correct. My dream was to become a pro.

If you tell a teammate you're ready to play as tough as you're able to, you'd better go out there and do it.

But it is a black man's game, and it will be forever.

Basketball was always a game to me. One of the greatest things in life for me was to be able to play what I loved dearly and get paid for it. So it was always a game to me and that's how I perceived everything.

Michael Jordan is God disguised as a basketball player.

When I was a kid, like 14 or 15, I played with the waiters from the hotel, 'cause that was the best game. And these guys, they'd let me play. And they were black guys.