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

I don't think that players learn how to play any other aspect of the game in high school or college.

I don't blame David Stern because a player gets on the court and he doesn't put out competitively. No one can make you play if you don't want to play.

If you're a basketball player, you've got to shoot.

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

It's like all guys want to do is make a dunk, grab their shirt and yell out and scream - they could be down 30 points but that's what they do. Okay, so you made a dunk. Get back down the floor on defense!

Now, I guess, people want stars. People are trying to invent stars.