"To be great we need to win games we aren't supposed to win."

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"To be great we need to win games we aren't supposed to win."

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"If you get depressed about being the second-best team in the world, then you've got a problem."

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"In 1981, at age 31, I was voted the best player in basketball, and the most valuable player in the league."

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"I pulled the plug on it at a time that I thought was right for me to exit."

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"That was just my own personal program: I didn't want to get too high over the good moments because I didn't want to be saddened and depressed when things didn't go as I had planned."

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"I firmly believe that respect is a lot more important, and a lot greater, than popularity."

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"Right up until the time I retired at age 37, I felt like there were still things that I could do better."

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"Goals determine what you're going to be."

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