I know how to win games.
— Scottie Pippen
If you're not on a team that's winning, it takes a lot out of you as a player.
If I could have written a script of how I wanted my career to be, I couldn't have done it any better.
I can be 60 years old, but I can always go back and play like I once did by just playing a video game. It's really great.
Playing with Michael Jordan would be a great opportunity for me. I would have someone around I could learn a lot from. I look up to him as a player and as a person, and that would make me a better player and person.
Some guys get into the NBA, get the big money, and are satisfied with themselves.
Basketball is a lifelong game. You continue to learn from the game day in and day out, and all along the way, you get better.
The influence of a high school coach can be so powerful.
Statistics are one thing. But if you're not putting up the numbers as far as winning, they're not going to consider you for things like the MVP.
I make a lot of money, but I need to be treated right.
I'm never going to leave my family hanging out to dry.
Defense is something I take a lot of pride in.
I guess guys who play on national TV get a lot of publicity.
When I look at my career, I was really about defending.
When I got the call to guard Magic, I knew that I could cause him a lot of problems.
He lifted weights, he rode the bike; he kept himself going before and after games, as well as practices. He always kept himself in top shape and was very determined. You put a relentless Dennis Rodman out on the basketball court, and you better have someone there to match his energy. If you don't, it's going to be a long night.
I went through ups and downs as a young player dealing with criticism and things of that nature. To finally win that first NBA championship, it was definitely a relief of a lot of pressure and frustration we dealt with as a team. It was great to bring a championship to the city of Chicago.
Chicago's where I started my career. I've had a lot of success playing here.
No matter how well you do in the regular season, it has to be capped off with a championship to really mark your legacy in the game.
As a player, you experience so many different moments, but you never truly sit back and reflect on them. You enjoy them, but with the championships, we were so busy celebrating with everyone that we didn't really realize what we had accomplished as individuals and as a team.
You just go out and try to always play at your best.
I want to be a role-model player, someone respected and looked up to.
It's not always about getting better on the basketball court. This game teaches you how to become a better person as well. It pushes you into the team concept.
Basketball is such an escape from a lot of things.
I'm proud to be considered a member of the Nike family.
It doesn't really count as a great year if the team is not doing well.
I love playing in Chicago, and the fans have been great to me.
It's an honor to have kids. It's a responsibility.
I always dreamed of playing the NBA, but along the way, the road got a little cloudy.
I knew I was a player that could break guys down and create for my teammates, and that is how I looked at it.
When you suffer a few losses in the playoffs, it forces you back into the gym early on.
My mentality when guarding a point guard was always to try and disrupt him and take them out of the offense.
I wouldn't give Charles Barkley an apology at gunpoint. He can never expect an apology from me... If anything, he owes me an apology for coming to play with his sorry, fat butt.
It was truly an enjoyable moment in my life that I will never forget having the opportunity to play for two gold medals. But I think nothing sticks out more than winning a championship in 1991 for me.
I love this city and the Chicago fans.
I was lucky to play with guys who were not only good players, but great people.
To be in a position where an organization like the Bulls creates a bust of you that will permanently be displayed in a building like the United Center says it all. It's hard to put into words because it is such an honor. It's great to know that something like that will be around forever.
When the game is over, it's over. We leave everything on the court.
I want to get into the NBA and make a name for myself.
It's always been a passion of mine to come out and share some of my knowledge about basketball and the experiences I've had with the younger generation.
I want to thank the NBA and U.S.A. Basketball. Words can't describe my feeling. I was a small town kid from Hamburg, Arkansas, and you provided me a platform to live out my passion, the game of basketball, on the world's grandest stage.
When I say I played with the greatest, let's not forget I also played for the greatest coach of all time.
If things work out for you as a team, then there are individual things that happen for you. But if you're not talented enough as a team, its hard for people to give you the recognition.
The respect I had to give my brothers and sisters growing up I think has helped me. I want my kids to be raised the same way.
Fatherhood is great.
I wasn't really that interested in playing. I had gone through some hard times not playing in high school, but my coach had it in his mind that basketball was the way I would get an education.
I was a guy that had a lot of tools and could do a lot of other things, but my main thing was controlling the defensive end of the court.
I had watched Magic my whole career, even before my career, and so I knew the style of player that he was, and I knew what I had to do to prohibit him from being as effective on the basketball court as he had been throughout his career.
I've played basketball all of my life, and I've had things happen on the court that you eventually have to move on from. It's part of some of the obstacles that you meet in trying to reach your pinnacle.
If I had an opportunity to hand-pick a team that I wanted to play in the NBA Finals, it would probably be the Lakers.
