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.

The players have no real self-esteem when it comes to putting the best image out there in a real competitive fashion.

This is where young players today want to land. They want to be NBA players because of the money.

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.

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.