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David Stern Quotes

American - Businessman | September 22, 1942 -

You will ultimately be defined by the sum total of your responses to circumstances, situations and events that you probably couldn't anticipate and indeed probably couldn't even imagine. So just keep your eyes on the course and be ready to move in different directions depending upon the crises and opportunities with which you are faced.

Eyes Opportunities You Ready Will

It was the Michael Jordan/Nike phenomenon that really let people see that athletes were OK, and black athletes were OK. Defying a previous wisdom - not only that black athletes wouldn't sell in white America, but that the NBA as a predominantly black sport could not sell in white America.

Wisdom People Black America White

I'm not into politics.

I think that players play, and they compete, and it's not about incentives.

Think Play Compete Incentives About

Everyone knows that if you can keep on making money, everyone's happy.

Money Happy Making Money You Keep

Smart drafting is a wonderful thing. A smart free-agent signing is a wonderful thing. Smart trades are a wonderful thing, and that's a function of management.

Smart Management Wonderful Function

I've never found NBA owners to be deferential. I never considered them to be reliant. All that I do is knock myself out to represent their interests the best way I can and sometimes tell them, as part of my job, what they don't like to hear.

Myself Best Job I Can Sometimes Way

Free speech is against governments, not against the NBA. So the players and coaches and indeed owners have been fined for their speech, which is costly rather than free. I sort of acknowledge that there is not free speech when you agree to work in the NBA.

Work Free Speech You Free Speech

I believe that everyone should participate in democracy and enjoy doing it.

Democracy Believe Doing Enjoy Should

I regret the 1998 - 99 lockout. I regret that we didn't work harder to educate our players and our owners about what the damage would be. I never can quite come up with the answer on what else we should have done, but I always blame a part of the problem on us and some part on the players.

Work Blame Regret Problem Done Up

I actually don't hope for a legacy. I think that it impedes your ability to make the hard decisions if you sit around saying, 'How will this affect my legacy?'

Hope Legacy Saying Think Decisions

My own basketball background was ripping up my ACL in a lawyer's league.

Basketball Lawyer My Own Up Own

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