Michael Jordan when asked if he still loves the game:
“Love it like you wouldn’t believe. I wish I could take a magic pill, put on shorts and go out and play the game of basketball, today…it’s what I live for, I miss it.”
via: @NBAonNBC
Michael Jordan when asked if he wanted Dennis Rodman back after 1997 title:
“Sure…his hair doesn’t bother me, his dresses doesn’t bother me…he’s gonna go wacko now and then, but you can’t find another player who works as hard…we’re champions back to back.”
Damian Lillard describes seeing Michael Jordan at the Top 75 ceremony:
“You could see right away…we part of the Top 75…he’s the one…let him go up there by himself…like that sh*t wasn’t real”
Dominique Wilkins explains why it’s so easy for him to give Jordan his props:
“If you ain’t ever faced him, you don’t understand…He was a phenomenon…his eyes was blood-shot red, every game, looked like he was possessed..”
Michael Jordan when asked about load management around the league:
“It shouldn’t be needed…I never wanted to miss a game, because it was an opportunity to prove — I want to impress that guy, way up in the top, who worked his a*s off to come and watch me”
via: @NBAonNBC
Michael Jordan prior to his ‘92 Finals matchup with Clyde Drexler.
“Clyde was a threat, I’m not saying he wasn’t — but me being compared to him, I took offense to that”
Reggie Miller on what it was like guarding Michael Jordan:
“There was no weaknesses. You force him left, right…try to hold…then he had a 48 inch vertical, you were never blocking his shot…tongue is all out and sh*t, chewing the fu*king gum, all that sh*t—none…zero”
