[Yet Walton made an immediate impression as a playmaker and a quick study of the intricacies of the triangle offense. He still needs to strengthen his defense and extend the range of his jump shot, but even in sporadic playing time he has emerged as a key contributor.] He makes everyone around him better, ... and that kind of ballplayer is a dying breed. |
All-star weekend is still the biggest celebrity-driven event in all of sports. Because I've been to Super Bowls, and a few celebrities come out. And I've been to a lot of other sporting events, and a few (celebrities) come out. But at the NBA all-star weekend, everybody comes out. |
And the road games would have been worse. |
And these fans sensed before Game 3, ... that their team could get beat. It's true. Good players to role players need home. Those players feel more comfortable at home. They're more likely to know their favorite spots on the floor at home. They're thinking, 'If I get [the ball] right here.' No, the great players don't need that. I loved to play on the road. Kareem would get that look in his eye on the road some nights. But you have to look at the teams involved. |
At the time [I was diagnosed], it was a white man's gay disease, |
Believe it or not, I was once just like you, ... I was sitting in a school just like this. I had dreams and goals just like you and never in my wildest dreams did I think I would be Magic Johnson. |
Bush is a travesty, |
But right now, that's not happening. God is blessing me, so we're going to continue to do what we're doing, |
every step of the way. |
Everyone thought I was going to die like a year later. They didn't know. So I helped educate sports, and then the world, that a man living with HIV can play basketball. He's not going to give it to anybody by playing basketball. |
God had a plan for me and I'm just fulfilling that plan, ... Just like HIV. I was the one that was supposed to go through that challenge and go through that period because that brought light to HIV and AIDS. They needed somebody and it was me, and I feel really good about what I have accomplished. |
He told me to go for it, ... He told me he'd be coming to some of our games to check me out. |
He's not the same Tony Parker any more. He knows what to do now: 'I'm going to pull up instead of going all the way. Or, the next time, I may drive it, but I'm not really driving for a shot for me. I'm trying to draw the defense and kick it out. |
I am so blessed and lucky to be able to find something I truly love and I'm passionate about and that I'm having so much fun doing, |
I can't do it by myself. Hopefully, these other guys and ladies will come on out and invest in our community, because this is not good business, it's great business! You can make some money, |