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I don't hate anyone, at least not for more than 48 minutes, barring overtime.Collection: Basketball
On his homesickness during the Barcelona Olympics -I miss America. I miss crime and murder. I miss Philadelphia. There hasn't been a brutal stabbing or anything here the last 24 hours. I've missed it.Collection: Basketball
Michael Jordan was a cultural icon that everybody on the playground wanted to be. The Bulls dynasty was a huge part of my childhood and it was the peak of my basketball interest as a kid.Collection: Basketball
There was a time when only specialized Christian missionaries needed to be able to defend the gospel of Jesus Christ against the attacks of Islam. Today every Christian has an opportunity and obligation to present the gospel effectively and in Christian love to the Muslims who have permeated our Western society. When your neighbor, your mechanic, your favorite basketball player, your employer or employee, or even your children's friends could very well be Muslims, the need for proper understanding and an effective Christian witness is abundantly clear.Collection: Basketball
Poor white people and poor black people just don't know how much they have in common. Rich people don't give a damn about either group.Collection: Basketball
When I speak to kids I tell them, 'Hey, you think your parents are a pain in the ass now, but they're going to get smarter as you get older.'Collection: Basketball
You got to believe in yourself. Hell, I believe I'm the best-looking guy in the world and I might be right.Collection: Basketball
Thank God for Jerry Springer's show. I thought only black folks were that screwed up until I watched Jerry Springer.Collection: Basketball
All I know is, as long as I led the Southeastern Conference in scoring, my grades would be fine.Collection: Basketball
When you read the book you see that these guys aren't holding any punches. They're straightforward. They're honest. They're giving you their honest opinion.Collection: Basketball
I came to the realization a couple months ago that I am fat. If you get tired from walking - and that's all that golf is - then you are officially fat.Collection: Basketball
I know a lot of people did a lot of heavy lifting to make me successful and I do everything in my power not to screw it up.Collection: Basketball
I like to help poor people who got no chance. If rich people don't, who will? Not other poor people, that's for sure.Collection: Basketball
I'm not paid to be a role model. I'm paid to wreak havoc on the basketball court.Collection: Basketball
I don't how anybody taller than 6-4 can sit in those seats. And the airline executives don't give a damn 'cause they never walk back there in the first place. I don't fly first class because I have a lot of money. I do it because I need the room.Collection: Basketball
When problems confront successful leaders, they get excited about the opportunity.Collection: Basketball
I want to be a politician. I think I understand how the system works, I think a lot of politicians are corrupt, and it's about time we put some people in there who are going to look out for the majority of the people instead of the rich people.Collection: Basketball
I just wish all these young black kids would realize how significant it is to stop acting a fool out there, killing each other, not getting their education. You know, people have died to put us in a situation to be successful.Collection: Basketball
Every time I think about changing a diaper, I run a little bit harder and a little bit faster to make sure I can afford a nanny until my daughter's old enough to take care of that herself.Collection: Basketball
Being black or white isn't an accomplishment. What you do with your life - or what you accomplish with your life - dictates what you should be proud of.Collection: Basketball
When I was younger, I'd get very empirical with myself. "I have a hypothesis about myself. I'll put myself in a situation, see what happens, then I'll draw a conclusion based on the empirical evidence. Hypothesis: I can play basketball." So I'd try. "Conclusion: I cannot play basketball."Collection: Basketball
I will waste not even a precious second today in anger or hate or jealousy or selfishness. I know that the seeds I sow I will harvest, because every action, good or bad, is always followed by an equal reaction. I will plant only good seeds this day.Collection: Basketball
When I was 17, I made the decision to have a good attitude. I was a junior in high school; the coach said I was going to be the captain of my basketball team. I thought – that surprised me because I wasn’t the best player. John Thomas was better than me, and I was probably second or third best player. And I kept thinking, “Why am I going to be the captain?” I think everybody else was thinking that too. And the coach then answered, “The reason John is going to be the captain is he has the best attitude on the team. He encourages others, he believes we can win, he never gives up.”Collection: Basketball
The world is not checking in with us to see what skills we've picked up, what idea we've concocted, what dreams we carry in our hearts. When a job opens, whether it's in the chorus line or on the assembly line, it goes to the person standing there. It goes to the eager beaver the boss sees when he looks up from his work: the pint-sized kid standing at the basketball court on the playground waiting for one of the older boys to head home. "Hey, kid, wanna play?"Collection: Basketball
Who creates a thing is not as important as what the thing is. Who created baseball? Who created basketball? Who created the space program? Who created - we could go on and on. We could argue about who created something. We all are participants in it.Collection: Basketball
I'm bad at a ton of things. I'm bad at sitting still. I'm bad at basketball. My worst habit is that while people are talking, I will already be thinking three other things. It's rude. Sometimes if the person is very in tune and they notice, they're like "Where are you right now?"Collection: Basketball
I haven't been able to slam-dunk the basketball for the past five years. Or, for the thirty-eight years before that, either.Collection: Basketball
I played all four years [at St. Mary's College] with - at a certain point, basketball became the thing I was doing most, but it was really in my periphery.Collection: Basketball
Any time a little midget does something like this, you gotta give him a 10!.Collection: Basketball
All love affairs end. Eventually the girl is gonna put curlers in her hair.Collection: Basketball
I just can't recruit where there's grass around. You gotta have a concrete lawn before I feel comfortable enough to go in and talk to you parents.Collection: Basketball
Winning is only important in war and surgery.Collection: Basketball
The people who know basketball, their elevators don't go to the top.Collection: Basketball
Butch, you come from DeWitt Clinton. There are five thousand brothers in that school. You're the best there. You've been all-city two years in a row. How bad can you be? You come with me and we'll make nice music.Collection: Basketball
When I'm losing, they call me nuts. When I'm winning, they call me eccentric.Collection: Basketball
I don't discuss basketball. I dictate basketball. I'm not interested in philosophy classes.Collection: Basketball
You better have great practices.Collection: Basketball
The nicest thing about coaching is that one day you feel like you can play handball against a curb, and on other days you feel like you can fly to the moon.Collection: Basketball
If a player leaves Marquette and doesn't have some of my blood in him, then I don't think I've done a good job.Collection: Basketball
I don't believe in looking past anybody - I wouldn't look past the Little Sisters of the Poor after they stayed up all night.Collection: Basketball
Don't call me son unless you're going to include me in your will. (When Adolph Rupp called him, "Son.")Collection: Basketball
I had my moment on the stage. The trick in life is to know when to leave.Collection: Basketball
Don't be just another guy going down the street and going nowhere.Collection: Basketball
I come from New York where, if you fall down, someone will pick you up by your wallet.Collection: Basketball
If the waitress has dirty ankles, the chili is good.Collection: Basketball
The next time I will cry is when I die. My life has been that beautiful.Collection: Basketball
I let ballplayers yell back at me because I wasn't trying to prove I'm boss. I know I'm boss.Collection: Basketball
Dean Meminger was quicker than 11:15 Mass at a seaside resort.Collection: Basketball
It's a profession in which, the longer you stay, the closer you are to being fired.Collection: Basketball