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

The triple-double is just a stat. It's a test of your strength and stamina and playing ability, really.

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

I'm sorry that the young athletes in basketball will not get the chance to play (in the Olympics) anymore, and live that dream.

When you go into a game on offense, you make a couple moves and see what the defender is going to do. Then you pretty much can figure out what he is going to do against you - whether he carries his hands low or high, whether he is bumping or pushing, those type of things.

College coaches want to power the ball inside, they want (their post players) to power the ball up, but no one can shoot from that 15-foot area anymore.

When you play guard, you're not going to block a lot of shots. Inside, you're going to block shots.