Michael Cooper

“The greatest thing about that team was we were unselfish.”

“My role was to come in and be a defensive stopper and to get the ball to the right people.”

“If you get a chance to knock somebody down, you'd better knock him down.”

“We weren't best friends. We were best teammates.”

“I always took pride in my defense. That was my calling card.”

“You have to have that little bit of mean streak in you to be a great defender.”

“When you have guys like Magic Johnson and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, your job is to make their job easier.”