Every Monday, Rbk's All-Access Pass will scour the Internet, TV and print to bring you the best quotes from around the world of professional hoops in They Say, We Say, You Say. See what players, coaches and personalities have to say about all matters pertaining to roundball. Then vote for your favorite quote in the poll at the bottom of the page. At the end of the season, we'll take all of your favorites, and have a poll to decide the best quote of the year!

The Winning Quote: The Sixers' Larry Brown
(28% of 6,229 votes, as of March 17, 2003, 11 a.m. ET)

TARIQ ABDUL-WAHAD, G, DALLAS MAVERICKS:
"It is already a big thrill to go up and down the court again without having to worry if you'll find your knee the size of an Idaho potato the next morning."
--Abdul-Wahad, on the possibility of being activated (Dallas Morning News, March 6)

GILBERT ARENAS, G, GOLDEN STATE WARRIORS:
"It felt like it was the Raiders out there. Even the half-naked women showed up."
--Arenas, on the charged atmosphere at Warriors games (San Francisco Chronicle, March 5)

CHUCKY BROWN, FORMER PLAYER:
"We used to call him 'man-child.' He's like Lou Ferrigno with that body."
--Brown, on Kings swingman Jimmy Jackson (Sacramento Bee, March 3)

LARRY BROWN, COACH, PHILADELPHIA 76ERS:
"I don't peek in the bathroom very often, but I heard some sounds and saw somebody on his knees. He's white normally, but he's really white now."
--Brown, on Keith Van Horn missing a game with a stomach virus (Philadelphia Daily News, March 3)

VINCE CARTER, G, TORONTO RAPTORS:
"I don't go looking at the stat sheets and say, 'Hey, I scored 40 points, but we still lost.' I'll take a win over 50 points any day. OK, make that 40."
--Carter, on scoring vs. winning (Toronto Sun, March 4)

DAVE COWENS, FORMER NBA COACH:
"I definitely would if I could work for a guy like Don Chaney. He's a sweetheart."
--Cowens, on whether he would ever consider becoming an assistant coach in the NBA (New York Post, March 7)

EDUARDO NAJERA, F, DALLAS MAVERICKS:
"That's not me, that's Dirk (Nowitzki) and Steve (Nash). They have the looks, and the haircuts."
--Najera, on becoming a Mavericks "idol" (Dallas Morning News, March 4)

SCOT POLLARD, C-F, SACRAMENTO KINGS:
"Unfortunately, I'm getting a good degree in medicine and training. I prefer to be a dumb basketball player and not know all these medical terms."
--Pollard, on all of his injuries giving him a strong working knowledge of medical terms (Sacramento Bee, March 3)

PAT RILEY, COACH, MIAMI HEAT:
"The Butlers are the Butlers, but sometimes they are like butlers. They're serving everybody up the wrong stuff. That's the trouble. I'm not trying to be funny, but when you get six out of 28 from two guys you depend on, I think they have to understand that it's not OK (just) because they're young."
--Pat Riley, after rookies Caron and Rasual Butler combined to go 6-for-28 in a loss to Milwaukee (Sportsticker, March 4)



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