Denver is home to me, and to be recognized for my achievements in the sports community here is a great honor.
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You can leave Denver, but it will never leave you.
They say money can't buy happiness. But it can book your flight to Denver - which is kinda the same.
I believe that you should put the right people around you, people that will not let anything go wrong.
I think going to college for that one year was probably the best thing I have ever done.
This was on my vision board. To run out there and be hitting game winners, getting the fans riled up. When they're stomping on the floor yelling "New York Knicks" - that's a great feeling.
Let's leave him [Dennis Rodman] alone - you don't put a saddle on a mustang.
Brendan Malone in The Last Dance - Episode 3
There's hasn't been a day in my life since I was 9 years old that I haven't touched a basketball or done something connected with basketball.
I'm always the neutral guy, man. I'm able to bring people together.
In Texas, it's football. In Georgia, football. There's an appreciation from the average person about football more than anywhere else. And we have that for basketball in New York. And we'll always have that in New York.
My high school coach used to tell me there's no correct way to shoot, that the only correct way was to get the ball into the basket.
I've played more park games than NBA games, and I had a 10-year NBA career.
I think that for me, as a UNC graduate, I value my education - I think everyone who's gone to that university values education.
Walk until the darkness is a memory, and you become the sun on the next traveler's horizon.
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1I stand with those who are calling out the ingrained racism and violence toward people of color in our country. We have had enough.
Michael Jordan - June 2020
1You guys are better people than players - that means a lot!
Gordon Herbert - September 2023, about Germany winning the World Cup
Walked into a restaurant yesterday and guy comes up and says: "Aren't you Rik Smits?"
Not quite but I appreciated his hoops knowledge…
Not quite but I appreciated his hoops knowledge…
Dirk Nowitzki - December 2023
I love the Philippines. But they need better beer!
Gordon Herbert - September 2023, about Germany winning the World Cup
We went from a shitty team to one of the all-time best dynasties. All you needed was one little match to start that whole fire.
Michael Jordan in The Last Dance - Episode 10
You're only concerned if you know you don't have it. We have it.
LeBron James - Olympia 2012 - nach Vorrundenspiel gegen Argentinien
2There are certain sports figures who become a larger cultural force. Michael Jordan and the Bulls changed the culture.
Barack Obama in The Last Dance - Episode 10
I learned a lot I wouldn't have learned roaming the streets of Dallas.
My kids are older now. They're kinda upset with me. They're not really upset, but they don't understand. I tell them all the time: "We" ain't rich. "I'm" rich.
Shaquille O'Neal - October 2021
I want to become one of the best players, so if you want to be one the best, you have to elevate all aspects of your game.