I will have Derek Fisher wear all 5 of his rings the first time he comes in to talk to Carmelo.
Hitting in a game is no different than hitting in a home run contest. It pisses me off to say Barry Bonds is the greatest hitter. He's playing in a wussy era. The game is soft. You never get thrown at today. Last thing a hitter has to worry about today is getting hit. The first thing Hank Aaron had to worry about is: Am I going to survive this at-bat because I'm black.
If a player is trying to intimidate a skilled player on your team, what do we want? We want our skilled players playing, so we shouldn't be doing that.
When you let those defensive backs know that you're a physical player, they don't really want to tackle. That's it. That's why you see me get a hurdle every game. Those guys don't want to tackle me when I get to the second level.
There are a lot of bad people in football, and players can be afraid to go to stadiums and get abused.
Fans in Brazil cross the line. A few times at Fluminense, the fans would go to the airport after we had played away to shout at us.
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.
[Goodman] became famous (or notorious) for staring at a player he didn't like. It was called 'the ray' by his men.
