The young guys, with the exception of Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, really didn't understand that rivalry that the Celtics and the Lakers had back when the Celtics were dominating the league in the '60s and early '70s, ... It wasn't until Larry and Magic faced off again that the whole history was conjured up and put on our shoulders, and it was an overwhelming experience for me. I grew up watching Jo-Jo White and Paul Silas, and respected those guys.
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Hatred would be a strong word, ... We really respected each other. A lot of people didn't realize that the Lakers and the Celtics had the utmost respect for one another and probably feared each other the most. We knew we were equally talented and we knew that we balanced each other out on the floor, and there had to be an edge.James Worthy
I played basketball to try to get my parents from working so hard.
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In going from sports to business, you can bring some of the same principles. There's a lot of correlation between the two worlds.
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It seemed like the players were a little bit more loyal, ... I know there's a lot more financial enhancement going on in the game right now, but it seems like players were eager to build around their team when he played, as opposed to two or three years here, then move on. I like the game the way it was back then. There was more parity in the league.
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We had a chance to win Game Two with about six or seven seconds to go and we were under the Celtics' basket,
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