At 7, I was shooting 3s with so much ease that the guys at the neighborhood park were impressed. Michael Jordan was one of the best humans to walk the earth in my eyes, third only to Jesus and my mother.
My game's really never referenced as shake 'n' bake.
When it gets down to it, basketball is basketball.
Basketball is basketball.
Basketball's fun; it really is. Because I've done it all my life.
We had a court, and my brothers would play outdoors, with rims barely hanging in there.
My favorite player growing up was Julius Erving, because I loved the way he played above the rim, all of the tricks with the ball, big hands, and just phenomenal showmanship.
A basketball was in my hands 24/7, playing one-on-one against everybody and anybody, trying to prove against the older guys, just playing. The wind blowing outside, double rims, stuff like that, just always playing ball.
The game of basketball is full of runs.
When someone throws an alley-oop and you finish, everyone's happy, the one who makes the pass and the one with the dunks. It's a great play.
Dunk, and people anywhere will ooh and aah. But you can wow a crowd in New York with ball handling and passing.
Just like I'm the king on the microphone, so is Dr. J and Moses Malone I like slam dunks, take me to the hoop my favorite play is the alley-oop I like the pick-and-roll, I like the give-and-go Cause it's basketball, uh, Mister Kurtis Blow.
Basketball movies don't really accentuate the flow of the game.
I'm just a hooper.
Basketball, man: it is a land of giants.
Basketball's always been something that I loved.
Basketball was my first love. I still love the game of basketball.
I was known for a lot of dunks, but my first big dunk really came here in New York. I had some others back then, but my first major dunk came against the Knicks and Kenny 'Sky' Walker. So, you know, New York has a lot of meaning to me.
In street ball, you really don't care about playing defense, unless it's some kind of flashy steal or a big block where you bat the ball across the court, but all you're really worried about is scoring.
Basketball is a global sport.
Basketball was always my game.
Basketball is me.
