As commissioner, you have to have a great relationship with your players but also to the upper executives: you gotta make sure their mandates are all on target and in line. — Clyde Drexler Copy Share Image
You have to understand, the Blazers and their fans had a unique relationship. I'm not sure there has ever been a love affair between an NBA team and its fan base like we had... We had good players and good… — Clyde Drexler Copy Share Image
That's the part of basketball that we have to understand. You can never look at it as an individual sport. You rely on so… — Clyde Drexler Copy Share Image
Houston fans want a high value for their entertainment dollar, and if you don't win, they will drop you and go on to the… — Clyde Drexler Copy Share Image
If I had a great game, and I was hot, usually we were up by 20-30 going into the fourth quarter. That means I… — Clyde Drexler Copy Share Image
I don't care what anybody says: a pro athlete is going to be a role model. I tried to use that as a positive… — Clyde Drexler Copy Share Image
This should be a written rule: Guards should always defer to centers. I don't care how good you are, those big guys make the… — Clyde Drexler Copy Share Image
Without the hand check rule, players are more likely to work their way open. — Clyde Drexler Copy Share Image
I retired at 35 in '98 and thought, 'There's only one place to go, and that's downward.' I retired at a good level. I… — Clyde Drexler Copy Share Image
I am a Blazer at heart, and I want those fans to have something good to cheer for. — Clyde Drexler Copy Share Image
There's a lot to be learned by watching. I think the younger generation could fare a lot better in their game if they could… — Clyde Drexler Copy Share Image
Come on, everyone wants to win a championship, but a lot of players have had great careers without one. Sometimes it just doesn't happen… — Clyde Drexler Copy Share Image
