One must live in the middle of contradiction, because if all contradiction were eliminated at once life would collapse.
I don't play them a lot of minutes. I have great starters. I have All-Stars, world champions.
The Finals are about a test of wills.
That's how we like to play basketball, is be physical down there in the paint and force teams to the perimeter.
We came in today with a chip on our shoulder to prove who we are.
The players have to come and play. Today we did.
We were able to get after the rebounds. We were able to control the paint. We were able to be physical down there.
It's good to do stand-up. It kind of wakes you up and makes you feel like you're doing something. You got the crowd right there. That's all fun.
Around the corner [ of the Carnegie Delicatessen] is the Russian Tea Room, which is now out of business. Which is awful. I remember going in there and seeing the ballerinas trotting in there like they were prize horses, with their hair, their sunglasses. Really amazing. They were all White Russians. This is where [Leon] Theremin met a lot of people, and where the KGB eventually picked him up.
A strong person makes the law and custom null before his own will.
It is important for you to know who you are and who you may become. It is more important than what you do, even as vital as your work is and will be.