There's Michael [Jordan], then there's the rest of us.

When you are honest and open with young people, they let you in.

Larry, you only told me one lie. You said there will be another Larry Bird. Larry, there will never, ever be another Larry Bird.

Christmas Day was special because everybody is watching at home. That's what I loved about Christmas Day because it shined the spotlight on the Lakers, on our team, and we knew that all of the other leagues were at home and millions of people were watching. So it made it a special day to play on Christmas.

My father is my idol, so I always did everything like him. He used to work two jobs and still come home happy every night.

Talent is never enough. With few exceptions the best players are the hardest workers.

I think you just have to keep knocking down doors, you have to keep being aggressive, and even if somebody says 'No', then you have to knock on the next door.