"I try to do the right thing at the right time. They may just be little things, but usually they make the difference between winning and losing." - Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

"Ask not what your teammates can do for you. Ask what you can do for your teammates." - Magic Johnson

"I just love the game of basketball so much. The Game! I don't need the 18,000 people screaming and all the peripheral things. To me, the most enjoyable part is the practice and the preparation." - Bobby Knight

"Basketball is like photography, if you don't focus, all you have is the negative." - Dan Frisby

"Good teams become great ones when the members trust each other enough to surrender the Me for the We." - Phil Jackson

"Basketball doesn't build character it reveals it." - Unknown

"If you meet the Buddha in the lane, feed him the ball." - Phil Jackson

"Sometimes a player's greatest challenge is coming to grips with his role on the team." - Scottie Pippen

"The idea is not to block every shot. The idea is to make your opponent believe that you might block every shot." - Bill Russell

"If you accept the expectations of others, especially negative ones, then you will never change the outcome." - Michael Jordan