“There never has been a man in the game who could put mind and muscle together quicker and with better judgment than Robinson.”

The speed of the legs, the dexterity of the body, the grace of the swing, the elusiveness of the slide – these are the features that make Americans everywhere forget the last syllable of a man’s last name or the pigmentation of his skin.

Success is that place in the road where preparation meets opportunity.

Luck is the residue of opportunity and design.

A game of great charm in the adoption of mathematical measurements to the timing of human movements, the exactitudes and adjustments of physical ability to hazardous chance.

Trade a player a year too early rather than a year too late.

First of all, a man, whether seeking achievement on the athletic field or in business, must want to win. He must feel that the thing he is doing is worthwhile; so worthwhile that he is willing to pay the price of success to attain distinction.

A great ballplayer is a player who will take a chance.

Don’t worry about your individual numbers. Worry about the team. If the team is successful, each of you will be successful, too.

But that’s the thing about basketball: you don’t play games on paper.

My overall knowledge of football specifications, the overall process that happens on game day with the footballs is very limited.

All the backs in the history of this game are the same when there isn’t any hole to run through.

Good basketball always starts with good defense!

Jack Nicklaus is playing an entirely different game, and one which I’m not even familiar with.

I played in Joe Louis in a playoff game. I played there when the roof caved in for half a season. The facility is great for basketball because it goes straight up, so you feel like the fans are on top of you.

At one point, I said to the officials that you guys haven’t called walking for 20 years, now you don’t know what it is. When you call walking, you’re about half right.

I feel like a lot of niggas in the rap game ain’t do what I did in these streets and a lot of niggas in the streets ain’t do what I did in the rap game.