I think that everyone should be able to dribble. Everyone should be able to pass. Otherwise, why are you out there?

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

Look, I think you should promote the game, but I think you should make it what it ought to be. Not some kind of a side-show.

You have to teach now - tell a kid how to box out, tell him how to pass, teach him footwork. Players don't understand that anymore.

Actually, Magic and the Lakers beat Philadelphia for Magic's first NBA Championship.

You've got to learn the footwork, the positioning, how to box out, how to pass, how to shoot your free throws. All these things are necessary, not to be the No. 1 player in the world, but maybe you can play against him.

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