I was taught to play that way when I was in high school and even before I got to high school.

When I started playing, I wasn't fast, I was gangly, my jumpshot was terrible.

You don't cut anywhere, don't pick down anywhere, don't double screen, no weak side picking. All these things that should happen in a game of basketball don't happen anymore.

We're all Americans trying to compete. Magic was competing for his team and Larry for his team.

I'd like to think that the nature of the two teams - Boston being a championship team over the years and the Lakers, same thing - was a lot bigger than Larry Bird or Magic Johnson.

I played on an all-black high school team and we didn't want people saying that we were clowns.

People will think there are no other great ballplayers. Look at Garnett. Look at Duncan, Shaq, Kobe. Look at the players with Sacramento. The have a really good basketball team.