Scottie Pippen Quotes

#1. Sometimes a player's greatest challenge is coming to grips with his role on the team.

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#2. It [would have] been very difficult. As I said, the rules ... but if the rules were put in place back when Michael Jordan was in his prime - no hand-checking, the game was more geared toward offense, wanting to promote scoring in the game - he could have probably got close. He did score 69.

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#3. I probably should've listened to Michael a year ago when he said that Charles will never win a championship because he doesn't show any dedication.

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#4. He's very knowledgeable. That's the one advantage that I see in Kobe Bryant's career compared to Michael Jordan. Ten years into Kobe Bryant's career, we're seeing a very polished 27-year-old player who's probably got another seven or eight great years ahead of him.

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#5. We aren't playing as well as we'd like.

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#6. I know sometimes I need to be more like M.J., but M.J. also needs to be more like me. He needs to be the player he is with more my mentality.

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#7. One of the hardest things for a ball player to do is to accept his role

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#8. It's superb, definitely. Something that is new to me, that is shocking. I got the news last night about 3 in the morning, and I don't think I even went back to bed.

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#9. The mailman doesn't deliver on Sundays.

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#10. It's going to be great. A lot of the players are coming. I wasn't here when they put (Jackson) up in the rafters. But to have him here as my number goes up, it brings back a lot of great memories.

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#11. I've always led by example and I'm not that vocal.

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#12. It's hard to put it in perspective right now. I'm starting to feel a little emotional about what's going to happen Friday night. Getting your number put in the rafters is always something that as a kid ... you dream of seeing happen to you.

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#13. He's one of the best power forwards of all-time. I take my hands off to him.

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#14. I visualize the game. I think about who I am guarding, the things he likes to do.

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