Sublime

Remember, “zealot” is just a nice way to say “crazy person.” A young basketball player named Lewis Alcindor Jr., who won three national championships with John Wooden at UCLA, used one word to describe the style of his famous coach: “dispassionate.” As in not passionate. Wooden wasn’t about rah-rah speeches or inspiration. He saw those extra emotio

You could never defend Kareem by reacting to what he did. If he started his move, it would be too late to do much about it.

I don’t believe there was better basketball player and human being than the man I called Norman (his middle name). There was no one I competed with harder and had more respect for than him. Just before Wilt died in October 1999, he and I were having one of our marathon telephone calls. Wilt simply loved to talk, and it was impossible to stop him wh

He is the greatest winner in basketball history—eleven NBA championships in thirteen years. Some players can amass individual statistics. Only one has had the strength and focus to keep his team a champion for over a decade.

Kobe used to say, “Knowledge is power.” And I’d tell him: “Only if you use it.” He definitely used it.