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Basketball is like war in that offensive weapons are developed first, and it always takes a while for the defense to catch up.

I always know what's happening on the court. I see a situation occur, and I respond.

I can do something else besides stuff a ball through a hoop. My biggest resource is my mind.

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.

Mental toughness is to physical as four is to one.

Once you are labeled 'the best' you want to stay up there, and you can't do it by loafing around. If I don't keep changing. I'm history.

One man can be a crucial ingredient on a team, but one man cannot make a team.

Show me a good and gracious loser, and I'll show you a failure.

Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence win championships.

The first time I shot the hook, I was in fourth grade, and I was about five feet eight inches tall. I put the ball up and felt totally at ease with the shot. I was completely confident it would go in and I've been shooting it ever since.

The game is my life. It demands loyalty and responsibility, and it gives me back fulfillment and peace.

The key is not the "will to win" . . . everybody has that. It is the will to prepare to win that is important.

The main ingredient of stardom is the rest of the team.

The only difference between a good shot and a bad shot is if it goes in or not.

These are my new shoes. They're good shoes. They won't make you rich like me, they won't make you rebound like me, they definitely won't make you handsome like me. They'll only make you have shoes like me. That's it.

When I was young, I never wanted to leave the court until I got things exactly correct. My dream was to become a pro.

You can't win if you don't play as a unit.

You don't play against opponents, you play against the game of basketball.

You have to be able to center yourself, to let all of your emotions go... Don't ever forget that you play with your soul as well as your body.

You have to expect things of yourself before you can do them.