Mookie Wilson

That's kind of weird. It is.

That's kind of weird. It is.

I don't think so. I think that sports has survived. I mean, over the years, as much as we've tried to mess baseball up, we haven't with strikes and all that. The game will survive. I get thinking you can make all the rules you want to, but until you change the attitudes of people, you're going to have this kind of idiocy no matter what you do. It's just going to happen.

I don't think so. I think that sports has survived. I mean, over the years, as much as we've tried to mess baseball up, we haven't with strikes and all that. The game will survive. I get thinking you can make all the rules you want to, but until you change the attitudes of people, you're going to have this kind of idiocy no matter what you do. It's just going to happen.

Well, first of all, athletes deal with pressure every day. Every day to go out on the field is all about what you do that day. And this is no different. They're not playing for the honor. They're playing for their own self-respect. And, you know, I've heard things about, well, should the team boycott, you know, and not play. That serves no real purpose.

Well, first of all, athletes deal with pressure every day. Every day to go out on the field is all about what you do that day. And this is no different. They're not playing for the honor. They're playing for their own self-respect. And, you know, I've heard things about, well, should the team boycott, you know, and not play. That serves no real purpose.

I mean, it would defeat the purpose of you being there, playing basketball at the NBA level. That's a great, great honor. And to let some idiot, you know, not let you fulfill the potential that your team has, I think you'd be doing yourself a disservice in the league itself.

I mean, it would defeat the purpose of you being there, playing basketball at the NBA level. That's a great, great honor. And to let some idiot, you know, not let you fulfill the potential that your team has, I think you'd be doing yourself a disservice in the league itself.

No, I know that. But we do get together, and when we do, there's this one big reunion, and we talk a lot, and we lie a little bit, too.

No, I know that. But we do get together, and when we do, there's this one big reunion, and we talk a lot, and we lie a little bit, too.

Mookie Wilson.

Mookie Wilson.

I think it's the characters. I think that we're a group of individuals that weren't afraid to be themselves. And I think you need more of that in sports, actually.

I think it's the characters. I think that we're a group of individuals that weren't afraid to be themselves. And I think you need more of that in sports, actually.

No, I think the team, we had this group over here that was really outgoing. A lot of people called them the scum bunch, you know. Then we had this other group over here that was really, you know, Gary Carters, you know, Ron Darlings, guys like that. Then had those guys in the middle, you know, like myself and Raphael Santana that kind of...

No, I think the team, we had this group over here that was really outgoing. A lot of people called them the scum bunch, you know. Then we had this other group over here that was really, you know, Gary Carters, you know, Ron Darlings, guys like that. Then had those guys in the middle, you know, like myself and Raphael Santana that kind of...

I think it's always going to be that weird relationship between players and management, knowing that management does have the last word. Sometimes it doesn't matter how well you play. It's all about relationship between the player and ownership. Now, this basketball situation is really, really different. We got a lot of racist remarks, and here he owns a team that's, what, 80% black? Right.

I think it's always going to be that weird relationship between players and management, knowing that management does have the last word. Sometimes it doesn't matter how well you play. It's all about relationship between the player and ownership. Now, this basketball situation is really, really different. We got a lot of racist remarks, and here he owns a team that's, what, 80% black? Right.