Talk is cheap, but when you go out there and prove it - you're the first one to show up for practice, and you're the last to leave - that's how you lead by example.
Ask any player. You're only as good as your coach allows you to be.
I'm an extension of the coach on the floor.
With the ball in your hands as the point guard, you want to be able to control the game and take care of it.
I'm not a dirty player.
The only thing that can conquer hate is love.
A lot of people didn't see me play in Sacramento. I think we had one TV game.
People have been counting me out since Day One.
I've been basically challenged my whole life.
You don't do charity work for publicity. Well, I know I don't. Everybody's different.
This is the Boston Celtics. This isn't the Phoenix Suns. No disrespect to any other organization, but you don't hang conference titles. Do we hang going to the conference finals?
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I know there were some ups and downs, but I will always cherish my experience in Boston. I am forever grateful that I was given the opportunity to wear a Boston Celtics uniform and play in front of the Garden faithful.
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I grew up in Kentucky, but I did not grow up like that. I didn't have to shoot my dinner or anything.
I have never in my life seen a Kentuckian who didn’t have a gun, a pack of cards, and a jug of whiskey.
You can't be an a-shole and a losing coach. In Kentucky, baby, winning cures all.
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They say money can't buy happiness, but it can buy a flight to Kentucky - and that's pretty much the same thing.
There's no debate. Pau, when he retires, he will have his number in the rafters next to mine.
Jerry West really helped a lot, and so did players like Magic Johnson. That's why, at the end of my career, I wanted to finish my career with the Lakers.
I have season tickets to the Lakers and the Clippers.
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Sacramento, I won't stay. But I'll be sure to come back when the Lakers beat the Kings in May.
They're a veteran team that knows how to close out games and how to win basketball games. That's something that we can learn from.
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1I hated every minute of training, but I said, "Don't quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion."
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They fire coaches before players.
I'm not worried about facing the Sacramento Queens. Write it down. Take a picture. I'm not going to talk about this all year. When I get back, there's going to be trouble.
Walk until the darkness is a memory, and you become the sun on the next traveler's horizon.
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I 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
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Not quite but I appreciated his hoops knowledge…
Dirk Nowitzki - December 2023
You guys are better people than players - that means a lot!
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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.
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