“The odds were against me when I arrived at Central Arkansas. I was bar...” — Scottie Pippen Quote

“The odds were against me when I arrived at Central Arkansas. I was barely 6-foot-2 and didn't have a scholarship. But I always felt I could make it to the NBA; it was as if I had foreseen my future, and I knew I would make it.”

“Defense was one thing I was really able to work at and get better.”

“I went to a small school, so I had to be a jack of all trades and master a few.”

“I grew up in Arkansas, and I went to Little Rock Central High, which was the site of a desegregation crisis in '57. I graduated in '97.”

“My family didn't have money to travel, so reading was how I knew about the world. It made me hungry to have more experiences than just what I could possibly experience in Arkansas.”

“Like it or not, the people of Arkansas sent me to Washington to represent them in this great body.”