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"We're all fascinated by the numbers, as we were about the 100 points."
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"You don't cut anywhere, don't pick down anywhere, don't double screen, no weak side picking. All these things that should happen in a game of basketball don't happen anymore."

"And it blew my mind when I started to get wind of the fact that they actually liked me being around. That was humbling, because Kentucky basketball is a big deal, and I am not the biggest fan - I am just the most notorious one."

"It just wasn't right the way they were behind by 25 points and then they're told to hold the ball."

"The only reason I went to college was to play basketball. I injured my knee and couldn't play."

"Someday I might have to put down a basketball and have a regular 9-to-5 like everybody else."

"I'm pretty athletic and I play basketball a lot."

"I just want to try to ignore the scrutiny and all the distractions and just play hard basketball and let the best come... Improving game by game and trying to improve my game is what I want to do."

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

"Handball, swimming, running, jumping, basketball, and boxing were as much a part of me as breathing."

"If you're playing basketball with someone who's better than you, you have to get better or else it's no fun."
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"And I remember leaving my place in L.A. and - my father is a big fight fan - and I said, 'Dad, I got a couple of days off and I'm getting ready to go to Houston to sign to fight Muhammad Ali."

"It just wasn't right the way they were behind by 25 points and then they're told to hold the ball."

"You must understand as a kid of color in those days, the Harlem Globetrotters were like being movie stars."

"They were so clever finding ways to get me the ball. They had to do more than just give up open shots. They had to avoid fouls and pass me the ball in traffic."

"But the point of using the number was to show that sex was a great part of my life as basketball was a great part of my life. That's the reason why I was single."

"With all of you men out there who think that having a thousand different ladies is pretty cool, I have learned in my life I've found out that having one woman a thousand different times is much more satisfying."
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