The best players will play. That's the way it will always be.

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

I have always been confident in my skills and once the game got going I knew I was probably the best player on the floor most of the time whether it was junior high, high school or college. I knew I had control of the game.

I don't think that once you get to one level, you can relax. You've got to keep pushing.

The one thing that always bothered me when I played in the NBA was I really got irritated when they put a white guy on me.

Maybe it's God disguised as Michael Jordan.

There are many times when you are better off practicing than playing; but most people just don't understand that