B. J. Armstrong

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

“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.”

“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.”

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

“Society is fast - fast food, fast cars, fast everything.”

“Moral victories are really more for coaches than players.”

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

“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.”

“Isolation basketball will always be part of the game. But the system has to be predicated on ball movement and, more importantly, player movement.”

“Michael Jordan was the greatest practice player I've ever seen.”

“I had played on the police athletic league, but my father had a unique thing, he always said, 'Before you start going to basketball camp and doing all the things, you should learn about yourself first before somebody else starts telling you how to play.'”

“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.”

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

“There's a way to win, and a way to play, and when you play like that, the ball's moving and guys are looking for each other, the game is fun.”

“With my face, everybody always thinks I'm so young, this little guy.”

“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.”

“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.”

“With my teammates, I'm more open, funnier than people see me.”

“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.”

“Character and class are character and class. Either you have it or you don't.”