In her beauty rests (both) my death and my life.
The game of basketball is one thing, but the image of the game is another thing.
Play the game with a smile.
Just be patient. Let the game come to you. Don't rush. Be quick, but don't hurry.
Guys have to look up to somebody. Everybody needs to have their own role and somebody has to be the star.
Baltimore was like a small town when I got there - the Colts, the Orioles, guys like Frank Robinson, we all knew and respected each other. Everyone would cross paths at one point at Lenny Moore's Sportsman's Lounge, trading stories and having some fun.
Basketball for me has always been a matter of rhythm - what you do bouncing the ball, how you bounce the ball, how you run, how you receive the ball to be in rhythm.
The truth is, I can never die. For I will be in everything and see you in everything and watch over you. I am your reaction in the water of a mountain lake
Athletes these days are too robotic. People like to see performances filled with emotion. In my career I tried to be amusing, to differentiate myself from the other champions.
Dyin' ain't much of a livin'.
I thank my mother, Terezinha, for the power of her transforming love.