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

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

When I was young, I never wanted to leave the court until I got things exactly correct. My dream was read more

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

If my primary purpose here at Indiana is to go out and win ballgames, I can probably do that as read more

If my primary purpose here at Indiana is to go out and win ballgames, I can probably do that as well as anybody can. I would just cheat, get some money from alot of people around Indianapolis who want to run the operation that way, and just go out and get the best basketball players I can. Then we'd beat everybody.

Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence win championships.

Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence win championships.

If I weren't earning $3 million a year to dunk a basketball, most people on the street would run in read more

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

What you are as a person is far more important that what you are as a basketball player.

What you are as a person is far more important that what you are as a basketball player.