You walk into the playgrounds in Shanghai and Beijing, and you see youngsters who are shorter, shaking and baking and having attitude. And Jeremy Lin is going to inspire all of them. David Stern attitudebakebeijing Change image and share on social
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. David Stern americaathleteblack share on social
By nature, I'm a person who always says that whatever I've done, I could've done better. But I don't dwell on it because I'm waiting for the next time something happens and try to believe that my past experience will have helped to educate me in terms of how I deal with future ones. David Stern dealdwelleducate share on social
We couldn't get enough Jeremy Lin material in the NBA store fast enough. And when we did, it was just gone in minutes. David Stern fastjeremylin Change image and share on social
All I can say is you don't know what's going to be on the front page of tomorrow's newspaper. So I take no joy in what happens to another sport, whether it's about a perfect game or an issue of conduct. David Stern conductfrontgame share on social
I would say the referees have the toughest game to call. I would say that there's a lot of officiating done by announcers, local announcers. Sometimes you should listen to a game from both feeds, and you'd think you were listening to completely different games. David Stern announcercallcompletely share on social
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. David Stern agentdraftfree Change image and share on social
I'm not big on looking back beyond the moment in which decisions and events occur. I'm always pushing forward. David Stern backbigdecision Change image and share on social
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?' David Stern abilityaffectdecision Change image and share on social
I'm persuaded that sports is the one place where the rules are pretty well set out, where fans are equal. And if you got game or you're a good official, you make it here, whether you're white or you're black. David Stern blackequalfan share on social