Some things don't just walk away. A dog got a broken leg, he ain't just going to walk away. He going to try to get himself together.

You can't shut somebody up by losing.

My thing was, if somebody talks about you this and that, you got to go prove them wrong.

I love New York, gave my whole heart.

I'm a trendsetter. I'm a leader, not a follower.

Even though I retired, I work out four to five days a week, run two to three miles, I play ball.

I'm a veteran. I understand the game. I can control a game. I understand systems. I can play several positions.

I'm always willing to work stuff out, because I'm that type of guy.

Every headline in the paper, I don't write them. My story's inside the paper, not the headline.

Every superstar in this league, if you don't go through adversity, if you try to duck and dodge it, it's gonna damper your team.

I'm cool with whatever. I'll just keep eating my bread, sipping my soup and serving my time. But the chicken is going to lay some more eggs one day.

A gentleman pays his debt within a week or two.

People say, 'You're old.' Old ain't nothing. You've got new cars that break down and old cars that pass them.

If you have a horse that isn't winning any races, sooner or later you have to get a new jockey.

There's been a thing with Detroit and the Bulls ever since I've been in the league.

In the old days Michael Jordan and Larry Bird worked for everything they got. They worked hard on their game.

Don't say, 'I don't want to do this, because, whatever.' Don't give up on something. You got to work hard.

Potential is like a summer crop. If it don't rain, it don't grow.

You can't throw a hook on the side of the road and expect to catch a fish in the grass.

Any time you criticize these young guys, they call you a hater. They never ask you if the criticism is fair or not.

We only put the negative black people on television. We don't put the good, hard-working black people.

But when I see a story on welfare on television, they only show black people.

Look, I'm in the top 20 of players who ever lived.

One of the worst days of my life was telling Dick Ebersol I was going to TNT.