I tell kids to pursue their basketball dreams, but I tell them to not let that be their only dream.
Great players are willing to give up their own personal achievement for the achievement of the group. It enhances everybody.
A lot of players think the game is all about individual performances when it's really all about a team game.
I don't get a big charge out of being the leading scorer. The object of competing is winning. I just try to do what has to be done for us to win. That might be anything at the time - defense, rebounding, passing. I get great satisfaction out of being a team player.
If ISIS represents Islam, then the KKK represents Christianity
I was especially impressed with Pauley Pavilion [at UCLA campus ]. The floors hadn't been laid down yet, when they gave me the tour, each new room got my heart thumping. They even had a surgical operating room in case an athlete was severely injured.
Five guys on the court working together can achieve more than five talented individuals who come and go as individuals.
Monogamy is the true path to happiness.
You must understand as a kid of color in those days, the Harlem Globetrotters were like being movie stars.
We make too much of winning. The mere fact of winning doesn't make you great.
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