The best player I ever played with was Dennis Johnson.

The best player I ever played with was Dennis Johnson,

When I was a kid, like 14 or 15, I played with the waiters from the hotel, 'cause that was the best game. And these guys, they'd let me play. And they were black guys.

He was the best player I ever played with.

Without question, no hesitation, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar was the best player I ever played against.

Once you are labeled 'the best' you want to stay up there, and you can't do it by loafing around. If I don't keep changing. I'm history.