Friendship Is A Full-time Job.

If Shakespeare Can Compare All Of Life To A Stage, Maybe It's Not Odd To Believe That Part Of The Play Can Take Place On A Basketball Court.

The Morale And The Camaraderie That We Had For One Another Earlier In The Year Is Starting To Come Under Duress Because Of All The Losses. Some Of The Guys Are Feeling The Pressure Now From The Last Year When They Were Not Successful.

The Most Important Thing To Me Is The Friends That I've Made.

I Hope I Epitomize The American Dream. For I Came Against Long Odds, From The Ghetto To The Very Top Of My Profession. I Was Not Immediately Good At Basketball. It Did Not Come Easy. It Came As The Result Of A Lot Of Hard Work And Self-sacrifice. The Rewards, Where They Worth It? One Thousand Times Over.

After I Played Him For The First Time, I Said 'let's See. He's Four Or Five Inches Taller. He's 40 Or 50 Pounds Heavier. His Vertical Leap Is At Least As Good As Mine. He Can Get Up And Down The Floor As Well As I Can. And He's Smart. The Real Problem With All This Is I Have To Show Up.