86 Quotes by Robert Parish

Dennis Johnson, Danny Ainge, Bill Walton, Quinn Buckner, Scott Wedman. Even if you get talent like that, it's hard to keep talent like that together.

I can't speak for the Warriors but for me and my career, being traded to the Celtics changed the trajectory of my career.

I exceeded my expectations of longevity in the NBA.

There weren't many plays for me. A lot of my stats came off broken plays, or when I didn't allow the options to play out and just took the shot.

I told myself coming into the league that if I could play for six or seven years, that would have been a great career.

I haven't talked to the press much. That's why I've gotten kind of a bad reputation. They look at me and think I don't give a damn. But I'm not comfortable with the attention.

I basically gave up drinking. Personally, I thought I was drinking too much and, over the long run, it caught up with me.

I don't talk about my private life.

I always feel like you should walk into a room or walk down the street, like you belong. That's the philosophy that I always try to subscribe to.