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It's discouraging for me to come out there and watch the lack of fan support for a good team.

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I don't know anything else but the Lakers. This has certainly been more than a job for me as a player. It has certainly meant more to me than just an occupation.

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I enjoy winning, but more importantly, I enjoy the people I'm around.

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The league is changing, and we don't have many back-to-the-basket players. We now have a game that requires skill and versatility. A lot of that is about being able to think. It makes all the difference in the world to have a player in there with a high basketball IQ who can make the right decision.

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I see people that have success, and I see how poised and polished they are and how they handle it. I wonder inside if they feel the same way that I feel.

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At one time, we were asked to play your own man; you're responsible for your own man. And, if you were good enough and kind of a ball hawk, you helped everyone else. Now it's really much more of a team concept defensively than it was when we played.

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I often do things that surprise me, not to mention others.

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I'm still very much a West Virginia boy. I haven't forgotten my roots, because that's really who I am.

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Confidence is a lot of this game or any game. If you don't think you can, you won't.

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The support this city and our fans have shown the Grizzlies made my decision to stay in Memphis an easy one. Memphis deserves a championship team, and I am committed to that.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Businessman

Born: May 28th, 1938

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