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!

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

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

The thing about it is almost everyone could pass that way, but we were kept from doing it by our coaches.

Just fundamental things - I played guard and I played forward, so you get into a position where you are pivoting out on the court.

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.