"They said playing basketball would kill me. Well, not playing basketball was killing me."
-- Magic Johnson
"One man can be a crucial ingredient on a team, but one man cannot make a team."
-- Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
"If I weren't earning $3 million a year to dunk a basketball, most people on the street would run in the other direction if they saw me coming."
-- Charles Barkley
" They say that nobody is perfect. Then they tell you practice makes perfect. I wish they'd make up their minds."
-- Wilt Chamberlain
"Good, better, best. Never let it rest. Until your good is better and your better is best."
-- Tim Duncan
