When it gets down to it, basketball is basketball.

I've been around a while. I kinda know these things.

But it is a black man's game, and it will be forever.

The best player I ever played with was Dennis Johnson.

Michael Jordan is God disguised as a basketball player.

I'm a firm believer in that you play the way you practice.

The best players will play. That's the way it will always be.

I mean, the greatest athletes in the world are African-American.

The more you win, the better you're gonna get. It grows on itself.

I wanted to compete at the highest level again - and that's the NBA.

The best basketball announcer is one who allows you to close your eyes.

What's better? Dogs or broomsticks? I mean will the world really ever know?

It's been a journey, the NBA. It's taken me a lot farther than I ever expected.

It doesn't matter who scores the points, it's who can get the ball to the scorer.

I used to love the feeling of running, of running too far. It made my skin tingle.

Basketball has been my life and I worked at it so hard because I enjoyed it so much.

I always know what's happening on the court. I see a situation occur, and I respond.

I don't think that once you get to one level, you can relax. You've got to keep pushing.

I can see why fans don't like to watch pro basketball. I don't, either. It's not exciting.

When I go to the line I'm thinking 'All net.' When I don't think that, I'm likely to miss.

It makes me sick when I see a guy just stare at a loose ball and watch it go out of bounds.

I think a lot of blue collar people related to me because a lot of people work for their money.

I knew I was as good as anybody. That's not really bragging; it's just that I'd put the time in.

I've got a theory that if you give 100% all of the time, somehow things will work out in the end.