"I've got too much heart and pride for the game." — Charles Oakley

A lot of guys do the pretty things. Dunking, tattoos, earrings, sagging jeans. That's the league now. They have athletic ability, but they don't know the game.

There's been a thing with Detroit and the Bulls ever since I've been in the league.

I'm just a piece of the pie, a slice of the pound cake.

A shirt look good when you iron it but if you iron too much, it gonna get burned.

I guess I'm going to have to go Google myself and see why people think I shouldn't be coaching.

I'm always willing to work stuff out, because I'm that type of guy.

I shoot five or six times, go out and play defense and make sure everything is clicking. I'm like a transmission in a car. You can't see me, but I make the car go.

I just tried to go out there and play with attitude, doing what I was supposed to do and knowing my role on the team. Doing what my team expected me to do every night, not just once a week. It was all about work and I was just a tough guy who would knock somebody down.

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I've got too much heart and pride for the game.