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The 3-point line has changed ...

The 3-point line has changed the game so much. The day of the big man, unless you're extraordinary good, is not numbered, but certainly you gotta be a lot more versatile to play the game today. You gotta be able to really run up and down the court.

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I hate to say it's not a Lake...

I hate to say it's not a Laker but Michael Jordan. He's been the greatest player I've ever seen. And I'm probably a harsh judge of talent in the sense that I admire players that are really good defensive players and really good offensive players.

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I don't know anything else bu...

I don't know anything else but the Lakers. This has certainly been more than a job for me as a player. It has certainly meant more to me than just an occupation.

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Even though I felt, at times,...

Even though I felt, at times, 'My goodness, you're among the upper echelon,' there is still a huge void there. A huge void. It is about self-esteem. That's a thing that has always been a real complex part of my life.

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We talk about players of yest...

We talk about players of yesteryear, guys who could play or couldn't play, and I think it's ridiculous to try to even compare people... The things that you can do in basketball today that you couldn't even do then... you can carry the ball; you walk all over the place.

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Self-esteem is something I st...

Self-esteem is something I still battle. People look at me and say, 'You've got fame. You've got admiration. You've done this; you've done that.' As far as I'm concerned, I haven't done anything. I've just fulfilled a dream of competing.

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At one time, we were asked to...

At one time, we were asked to play your own man; you're responsible for your own man. And, if you were good enough and kind of a ball hawk, you helped everyone else. Now it's really much more of a team concept defensively than it was when we played.

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I've always been a very harsh...

I've always been a very harsh judge of talent because if you don't play the game on both ends of the court, and if you don't play hard every night, I'm probably not going to be in love with you as a player. I'm going to respect you because you're good, but these players are unique.

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Anything you can do to help s...

Anything you can do to help someone, I just think it's so important because there's a lot of kids that look up athletes of all size and shapes in a lot of different fields, not necessarily in the basketball field. They get involved emotionally with those people because there's something about certain athletes that people rally around.

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I often do things that surpri...

I often do things that surprise me, not to mention others.

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The trick in writing children...

The trick in writing children's books is to set up danger, mystery and excitement on page one. Force the kid to turn the page . . . Then in the middle of each chapter there's a dramatic point of excitement, and at chapter's end, a cliffhanger.

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I was not a great ballhandler...

I was not a great ballhandler. I just worked very hard at it, and I got to be a good ballhandler-a competent ballhandler-but never a great ballhandler.

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You can't ever totally know w...

You can't ever totally know what's inside of someone else, or see the kind of will someone like Magic has. You have to rely on your instincts to find people who hate losing and know how to win.

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[The NBA] used to be a small ...

[The NBA] used to be a small band of basketball groupies. Now there are a lot more corporate-type people working in the league.

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I've seen a lot in my life. I...

I've seen a lot in my life. I've seen a lot of winning. I've seen a lot of testing times. I think when you're tested, you really find out what you're made of.

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I would hope that racism is s...

I would hope that racism is something that just does not work in this day and age, but I know otherwise.

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I’ve never seen a better coac...

I’ve never seen a better coach than Gregg Popovich.

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The passion to win games, the...

The passion to win games, the incredible, focused energy and also the camaraderie of the team were all things that I really loved.

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If you can't see someone's go...

If you can't see someone's got a game with great personality, you shouldn't be out there looking.

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Don't let talent get in way o...

Don't let talent get in way of team performance. Great players do what's outstanding for team, not what makes them stand out

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