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Everyone knows that if you can keep on making money, everyone's happy.

~David Stern

Topics: Everyone Happy Keep Knows Making Making Money Money You

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Smart drafting is a wonderful thing. A smart free-agent signing is a wonderful thing. Smart trades are a wonderful thing, and that's a function of management.

~David Stern

Topics: Drafting Function Management Signing Smart Thing Trades Wonderful Wonderful Thing

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I actually don't hope for a legacy. I think that it impedes your ability to make the hard decisions if you sit around saying, 'How will this affect my legacy?'

~David Stern

Topics: Ability Actually Affect Around Decisions Hard Hope How Legacy Make Saying Sit Think Will You Your I Think

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I'm not big on looking back beyond the moment in which decisions and events occur. I'm always pushing forward.

~David Stern

Topics: Always Back Beyond Big Decisions Events Forward Looking Looking Back Moment Occur Pushing Which

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I'm not into politics.

~David Stern

Topics: Politics

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It was the Michael Jordan/Nike phenomenon that really let people see that athletes were OK, and black athletes were OK. Defying a previous wisdom - not only that black athletes wouldn't sell in white America, but that the NBA as a predominantly black sport could not sell in white America.

~David Stern

Topics: America Athletes Black Could Defying Michael Nba Ok Only People Phenomenon Previous Really See Sell Sport Were White Wisdom

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I think that players play, and they compete, and it's not about incentives.

~David Stern

Topics: About Compete Incentives Play Players Think I Think

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I've never found NBA owners to be deferential. I never considered them to be reliant. All that I do is knock myself out to represent their interests the best way I can and sometimes tell them, as part of my job, what they don't like to hear.

~David Stern

Topics: Best Best Way Considered Found Hear Interests Job Knock Like Myself Nba Never Out Owners Part Represent Sometimes Tell Them Way I Can

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Free speech is against governments, not against the NBA. So the players and coaches and indeed owners have been fined for their speech, which is costly rather than free. I sort of acknowledge that there is not free speech when you agree to work in the NBA.

~David Stern

Topics: Acknowledge Against Agree Been Coaches Costly Free Free Speech Governments Indeed Nba Owners Players Rather Sort Speech Than Which Work You

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I believe that everyone should participate in democracy and enjoy doing it.

~David Stern

Topics: Believe Democracy Doing Enjoy Everyone Participate Should I Believe I Believe That

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Businessman

Born: September 22nd, 1942

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