B. J. ARMSTRONG

Greatness is empowered in a system where you pass the ball, not pound it.

I always say, to this day, that the Air Jordan guy was great and God bless him. But I'll always just remember Michael, the guy.

I remember as a young player I had this dream of playing in the NBA.

If I could do anything, I'd ride horses all day.

Tim Duncan was a marvelous player. He played the game from the four, the five position. He was one of the unique players, like a Michael Jordan, who could get to spaces on the floor you that you couldn't do anything about.

There's a way to win, and a way to play, and when you play like that, the ball's moving and guys are looking for each other, the game is fun.

Greg Anthony's a good player.

My signing of Derrick Rose was like anything in life, I think it was just luck. I played in Chicago. Derrick is from Chicago.

I'm from Detroit, but Chicago is a second home for me.

M. J. was M. J. His body of work speaks for itself. We've seen his career, we've dissected his career and had the chance to watch it. That's done.

One thing I can say about Michael Jordan, nothing was going to deny him to achieve what he wanted to achieve. That includes the Bulls' front office, the league, or whomever. The man just had an undeniable spirit about himself.

In the back of my mind, I always knew I wanted to be in the sports representation business. Being an ex-player, I knew that those were the people I wanted to work with.

When I played, I would never, ever try to run Reggie Miller off the line because I knew Reggie. If I ran at him, and I was trying to run him off the line, I was going to get kicked.

Now that I've had a chance to play for a team where we won 30 or 35 games, you understand how special winning is.

Every now and then you have to be a little nasty, a little aggressive on the floor. That's part of being a basketball player.

When you're losing by 20 to 30 points night in and night out, that's no fun. You can't accept that as a player.

I have pride, and my pride won't allow me to accept losing by 30 points four games in a row.

Every time he steps on the floor, LeBron has to establish that he's the best. Every year is an opportunity for him to raise his level to the best of the best.

Sometimes you have to be very bad before you can be very good.

It's really the city of Detroit that I owe the thanks to and all the people along the way, so many people that played a role in my success in giving me the dreams and aspirations to go to college and do the things that I did.

I've learned how to function in chaos.

He was so confident. But underneath that, behind the scenes, I knew Michael Jordan was a country kid from North Carolina, and it was that simple to him. He was a young man, at heart, who wanted to be one of the guys who loved to play and was willing to do whatever was necessary.

I'm what you would term a lifer. Basketball is what I love. It doesn't matter where I'm doing it or in what position I'm doing it. I just love contributing to the game.

A true champion walks off with his head high.

Players who create advantages for their team at one end or the other are rare.