Top 70 B. J. Armstrong Quotes

It takes an inner strength to succeed.

Every time he steps on the floor, LeBron has to establish that he’s the best. Every year is an opportunity for him to raise his level to the best of the best.

If there was ever a true emotion of a Chicago Bull, Derrick Rose embodies it. Because he is Chicago. That kid will do anything for the city of Chicago.

This is to LeBron James: If you want to be the best, get rid of the comparisons. Get rid of all the comparisons that are out there. That’s what Michael Jordan did.

Michael Jordan was the greatest practice player I’ve ever seen.

The more time you play, the more confidence you get. The more confidence you get, you get a little success.

Just because you’re the coach, you don’t automatically have the authority. You have to work the people. You have to gain the trust of the people.

Either you change with the times or you get rolled over.

Every now and then you have to be a little nasty, a little aggressive on the floor. That’s part of being a basketball player.

A true champion walks off with his head high.

To me, the All-Star Game is just another step. I try to take all my experiences and put them together. To make the NBA was something, and then to be recognized as an All-Star – although I don’t consider myself a star. I see myself as just trying to reach my potential as B. J.

Players who create advantages for their team at one end or the other are rare.

To me, that’s the brilliance of Michael Jordan. He was an incredible, amazing individual player who matched his talents to the team, matched the team’s talents to him, and he lived in the middle of those extremes. I don’t know how you do that.

When you’re going out with the attitude that you want to win, you can’t get caught up in the style of play.

It didn’t work out for me at Golden State, in terms of wins and losses. Still, I tried to exhibit what a competitor is all about.

Individual success comes as a result of team success.

My previous experiences taught me my true passion was working with the players. I love the business. I love sports. I love everything about the team aspect. But I have this deep appreciation for the players and their perspective.

Michael was the first person to show me what it meant to be a star… but you cannot be that star and not accept all the things that came with it.

Being an only child, I was alone a lot and I had to make up games.

Playing sports is a craft that has to be worked on and perfected just like anything else.

Being an NBA general manager really is a lot of pressure. There’s so much that goes into the job.

Greg Anthony’s a good player.

In the back of my mind, I always knew I wanted to be in the sports representation business. Being an ex-player, I knew that those were the people I wanted to work with.

Society is fast – fast food, fast cars, fast everything.

I was very lucky to be in the right place at the right time and play with Michael Jordan.

When you come into this league, everyone tries to put you in categories – ‘this is what he is’ or ‘this is what he can do.’

Scottie’s game changed with where he was at physically. He wasn’t the same player at 21 as he was at 30. Both he and Michael aged gracefully in this league and that’s the beauty of being a professional player. You continue to grow and continue to change your game, but you do it to be just as effective.

I’m from Detroit, but Chicago is a second home for me.

M. J. was M. J. His body of work speaks for itself. We’ve seen his career, we’ve dissected his career and had the chance to watch it. That’s done.

I’ve learned how to function in chaos.

I was very fortunate to come into sports representation with Arn Tellem; he has helped me understand the business in the same way that we help out clients find solutions to their problems.

I’m what you would term a lifer. Basketball is what I love. It doesn’t matter where I’m doing it or in what position I’m doing it. I just love contributing to the game.

Guys are more apt to test me than they are to test a Charles Barkley. I think I have to go out and prove myself all the time, and that’s fine, because I’ve had to prove myself my whole life.

Jordan had phenomenal talent. He had phenomenal understanding. But he also had a mentality that I haven’t seen. He had a sense of urgency every time he stepped on the floor.

My adult life, I grew up in Chicago. When I go back there, I always have fond memories.

I just go out there and play and work hard.

When things are going good, I get nervous.

Michael Jordan was going to do whatever was ever necessary, and certainly I can say without question, he was going to achieve and stop playing whenever he wanted to stop playing.

To point the finger at one guy, at each other or at the coaches, won’t do any good. It’s not supposed to be the coach. It’s our team. The coaches can do a phenomenal job preparing you, but it has to come from within.

Somehow you get past languages. I don’t speak Mandarin. I don’t speak fluent Italian. I don’t speak German. But it’s amazing how when you need to get something done, it finds a way.

I remember as a young player I had this dream of playing in the NBA.

For every LeBron James that jumps onto the scene, or every Derrick Rose that does really well in year one, you have a lot of others that take time to transition. Those guys are just brilliant in their own way, but a lot of other guys need a little help along the way.

The city of Detroit is always home, and I’m very proud of where I’m from.

With my face, everybody always thinks I’m so young, this little guy.

If your best players are taking a shortcut, they’re going to have problems holding everyone else accountable and responsible.

With my teammates, I’m more open, funnier than people see me.

When you’re losing by 20 to 30 points night in and night out, that’s no fun. You can’t accept that as a player.

Jordan never stepped out on the court to have a good time. He stepped out there to establish that he was the best.

I can create offensive situations for myself and I can create situations for other people.

Moral victories are really more for coaches than players.

One thing I can say about Michael Jordan, nothing was going to deny him to achieve what he wanted to achieve. That includes the Bulls’ front office, the league, or whomever. The man just had an undeniable spirit about himself.

You learn a lot of about people in failure.

Now that I’ve had a chance to play for a team where we won 30 or 35 games, you understand how special winning is.

When I played, I would never, ever try to run Reggie Miller off the line because I knew Reggie. If I ran at him, and I was trying to run him off the line, I was going to get kicked.

Winning is the easiest thing that I ever did in the NBA, but being able to come to the realization of what it means to compete in this league no matter what – win, lose or draw – was the most difficult thing.

I grew up as a point guard, and as a point guard you learn how to navigate situations.

I’d rather play bad and win than play good and lose.

So much has been said about Michael Jordan as a basketball player, but when I played with him, the Michael I knew was just Michael. I guess more than anything is that I got to experience the human side of the so-called gladiators, warriors and heroes that we worship.

I have pride, and my pride won’t allow me to accept losing by 30 points four games in a row.

No one beat Michael Jordan. No one. You could say a lot of different things, but the man was unstoppable. He was unstoppable. And I will continue to say that.

Tremendous teammate, that’s what comes to mind when I think of Scottie Pippen. He was a very caring teammate who was always concerned about the team. The way he played and expressed himself on the floor exemplified who he was as a player.

I just happen to love problems. Because I see problems as opportunities.

I learned this lesson very quickly when I came into the NBA: Almost all the media and accolades go to the No. 1 guy. But if you’re building a team, the most important player is the No. 2 guy. Because if the No. 2 guy wants to be the No. 1 guy, you have a major problem.

In 1989-90 I became one of the group known as the Jordanaires, a.k.a. the Bulls. From the day I arrived in Chicago, I knew what everyone else on the team did: Michael Jordan was a phenomenal talent.

He was so confident. But underneath that, behind the scenes, I knew Michael Jordan was a country kid from North Carolina, and it was that simple to him. He was a young man, at heart, who wanted to be one of the guys who loved to play and was willing to do whatever was necessary.

For all that Michael Jordan could run, jump and entertain, he is best known for one thing: He won. If you want to be a great player in this league, you have to focus on one thing – the bottom line, which is winning.

As a parent, when I fail to listen to my kids, when our kids stop bringing us our problems, we have all failed as parents and as leaders.

Anytime the coach gives you the ball and some encouragement, you get a sense of freedom.

Tim Duncan was a marvelous player. He played the game from the four, the five position. He was one of the unique players, like a Michael Jordan, who could get to spaces on the floor you that you couldn’t do anything about.

Whether you’re playing sports, starting a business or anything else in life, you need to identify your talents. Your responsibility is to find what you do better than anyone else. Once you identify what that is, you need to put yourself in the best position to succeed.