The quality of your public education shouldn't be defined by your zip code.
Jalen Rose
It's my job, it's my role, it's my mission, it's my dream to have everyone who has Michigan ties - whether you went to college in Michigan, whether you grew up in Michigan, if you've ever heard of the state of Michigan - to do what you can to influence the students of the Detroit metropolitan area.
Russell Westbrook, giving $1 million to UCLA, it's noble. It's recognizable. It's something that's going to create a legacy for his name for years to come. It's philanthropic work.
I was a member of the Fab Five at the University of Michigan, but I was also on the Dean's List there. I took pride in my education.
I grew up in one of those households where, growing up in Detroit, you gravitate towards music and cars because we were the capital for a long time. Especially during my childhood. We were the Motown sound. We were the Motor City.
Coach Fisher, I know what he's accomplished and who he is. He's a great man with a great family, and the Hall of Fame is something he's earned. It's something he deserves.
Being a child of the 1970s, I remember cleaning up on the weekends. we would listen to everything from Marvin Gaye to Frankie Beverly and Maze.
Maya Moore is one of the greatest champions in basketball, male or female.
I do support college athletes and the opportunity for them to be paid a stipend.
I just really felt I had to help the community I came from. I know how hard it is to make it out of here.
I've always worked hard at being a well-rounded player.
Nobody talks about it. But everyone knows that if you signed at Michigan or UNLV, you were viewed one way. If you signed at Duke or Indiana, you were viewed another way.
No electricity, no hot water, no heat - at times, we struggled. We'd wake up in the morning and wash with water we heated on a hot plate. And we'd go to bed at night wearing skull caps, sweat shirts, and gloves.
Here's the thing: My hobby is to DJ. I just love music, so I can hear the beginning of a beat, the beginning of a melody, and think of the words, think of the name of the song, think of the hook, and just go there.
I'd just shoot until I got tired. I wanted to improve my outside shooting and my ball handling. I wanted to improve everything.
I hated Duke, and I hated everything Duke stood for. Schools like Duke didn't recruit players like me.
I knew becoming an analyst would allow me to see the game from a new perspective.
With my tattoos, I've got my war side on my left side, being left handed, and a faith side on my right side, right with God.
Blake Griffin has shown he can be an All-NBA performer.
I felt I could have been the kind of player Denver needed, but there were too many things going on with the team.
Kobe was obsessed with the game of basketball.
As a kid from Detroit, I played whatever sport was in season: football, basketball, wrestling, whatever it was. I was an active kid.
Everyone wants to be successful. What I've learned is how do you determine what that is?
What you see at a bachelor or bachelorette party is what happens on a recruiting visit.
Ask any athlete. One of his dreams is to play in New York wearing a Knicks uniform. It's also always been a dream of mine.
I consider Tom Gores a friend.
I know Andre Drummond has potential.
Eminem is one of the greatest rappers of all time.
My father, Jimmy Walker, was the first pick in the 1967 draft, but I never met him. He passed in 2007. I found out about him in middle school. I was old enough to understand who he was, where he went to college, and what his game was about. Older players like Bill Russell and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar have come up to me to talk about him.
The greatest set shooter ever? Larry Joe Bird. Period. The best coming off screen? Reginald Miller. And the best off the dribble? Steph Curry.
I know Reggie Jackson is a good player.
I want my media to be raw and uncut, and I want to articulate it in a spectacular, vernacular Detroit style.
I can't wait to play in front of the many Knicks fans, friends, and family in the NYC area and very much look forward to being a part of the Knicks organization.
I've been really vocal about my disappointment about how the WNBA athletes get treated like second-class citizens in relations to the NBA when they're a subsidiary.
If I'm playing for North Carolina, and Eric Montross goes up and dunks one, I might jump up and hug him like I was his girlfriend. It's supposed to be that way, in my opinion. Players should be able to express themselves and grow.
Doug Collins - people just underestimate him.
Dr. Dre is the most influential artist and producer in hip-hop history.
What I really like is that Chicago is a big city: it has a large market, and you are exposed to everything, like shows and plays.
I play for a living, but I also love to play. That's a healthy balance of emotion that, as a player, you have to keep balanced.
The star power is who is playing at an All-Star level, a top 12 level, and that's Jimmy Butler. He's become one of the best players in the league, a terrific two-way player.
Jalen is a universal name, and girls also are named Jalen.
I don't want people to feel like I'm upset or bitter with C-Webb or the University of Michigan. I love them both.
When the things in front of you in life reveal how messed up the system is, you lose faith in the system pretty quickly. You develop a contrarian attitude. Your instinct is to disagree with the status quo and then, if you can, to try and shake it up.
All my friends and family have seen Patrick Ewing's TV at my house.
Players talk about wanting to win and wanting to be a champion, but ultimately, they want to do it on their own terms.
I always prided myself on trying to break the stigma of the 'dumb jock.'
The idea of playing the point and leading a team to the NBA championship is what drove me to get up every day and work on my game as a kid.
I'll tell you what: the most hostile and angry trash talker ever is Gary Payton.
There are times families don't see eye to eye.
Stan Van Gundy is a top-five coach.
