Total = 40
"Best guard in the NBA"
-Gary Payton
"He's still a kid at heart. He loves shoes, takes an active interest. As soon as we sit down and talk about his product, his shoes, he's into it."
-Eric Avar
"It [Air Penny I] had that wing shape."
-Eric Avar, on the Air Penny design
"[Penny's] just someone that could jump out of the gym. Explosive, a real flyer."
-Eric Avar
"He's very versatile, I know that."
-Michael Jordan
"I guess has decided to create a season's worth of highlight films in one month,"
-Jon Koncak
"He has more talent that I ever had."
-Magic Johnson
"I think they ought to change his name. He's worth more than a penny."
-Bill Fitch
"Penny Hardaway is the best player Michael Jordan has ever faced in the Playoffs."
-Bill Walton
"He's just a great, great talent. He can do everything ... like Scottie Pippen"
-Gary Payton
"Considered to be the most athletic of all the top college players. He is a spectacular performer who will have the fans gasping at his versatility"
-John R. Wooden
"I'll be ready to play, better than I ever have, I want to help take the Magic back to the NBA Finals. It's going to be like a comingout year for me, and I'll be ready for the challenge."
-Penny Hardaway
"A month ago, I had my doubts about a lot of things, but now I know. I'll be back. I started my career here, and I want to finish it here. The team has told me they will stick with me through thick and thin, that everything was going to be OK, that I'm not going to be traded. That's what I needed to hear. I'm happy. I can't wait for next season to start."
-Penny Hardaway
"I think Orlando is a better team...How will they defend Penny? Chicago is a very good team, but they are not as what people think or what people are saying."
-Brendan Malone, former Toronto coach.
"It feels like i'm looking in a mirror"
-Earvin "Magic" Jonhson
"Penny is one of the best. You put him right out there with Michael Jordan and Grant Hill and Scottie Pippen, players like that who have the ability to control the game from the perimeter also in the post."
-Pat Riley
"Best guard in the league. Case closed, bro."
-Shaquille O'Neal
"He did everything possible to carry this team home. With what he's done the last three games, there's no question he has shown he's the next Michael Jordan."
-Richie Adubato, on the Miami-Orlando Series
"I was never a big Hardaway fan, but I am now. He is in the top five, maybe three, in the league. He is a great man, a great player."
-P.J. Brown
"We knew that he was going to take a lot of shots;...he made some big shots. We continued to try to run at him and keep the ball out of his hands, especially when he had position down low. We play Jordan the same way."
-Alonzo Mourning
"I think they're a good team. With a healthy Penny, anithing is possible for them"
-Chris Webber
"He's a great talent"
-George Karl
"Let's face it: There's not another guard in the world who matches up well against penny. With his tremendous speed, strength and size, he can do whatever he wants."
-Grant Hill
"It was so much easier to play with Penny back, so much easier. Just him presence on the court meant the other team would have to give him a lot of attention and let the rest of us play our game "
-Rony Seikaly, on Penny's return from injury.
"He carried us, that's Penny. We're going his back. he's going to take us where we're suppose to go"
-Rony Seikaly
"Penny can do things that i can only dream about."
-Todd Day
"Penny Hardaway."
-Allen Iverson, when asked who the hardest guard to defend in the low post that he'd faced was?
"I was never a big Hardaway fan, but I am now. He is in the top five, maybe three, in the league. He is a great man, a great player."
-Pat Riley
"Shoot, picking a favorite Penny Hardaway play is like picking out which one of the stars up in the sky shines the brightest. There’s so many of ‘em, you just can’t pick one."
-Larry Finch, Penny's coach at Memphis State.
"Where most players would go for the safe play, penny goes for something daring."
-John Gabriel, the Magic’s vice president of basketball operations and player personnel.
"Penny Hardaway has to be the leader on that team. Once they understand in Orlando that he's the Man, then they'll start collecting trophies."
-Larry Bird
"I don't know what Penny thinks.But Mr. Bird is a very smart man."
-Jason Kidd, after hearing the above quote.
"He is the real deal"
-Charles Barkley
"Is he the next Magic? He's the closest we've seen in a long time... he's an outstanding defensive player. He's got the whole package."
-Chuck Daly
"There's no one else like him, The only one is retired."
-Pat Riley
"I love O'neal...but Penny Hardaway he's the one to watch. He's the one you can't stop. He's the future of this league. It's a joke trying to defend him. He has everything, including eyes in the back of his head. There's nobody else like him.
-Bob Hill
"You want to talk about exciting, you want to talk about multidimensional, Hardaway is your guy. Penny brings the crowd to their feet with his nolook passes,three point jumpers and his explosive steps to the rim. This diaper dandy plays like a veteran and has the ability to take control of a game. Mr. Hardaway stepped right in as a major contributor to a young Orlando team. Yes sir, baby! Penny Hardaway is for real. Give him the rock and watch out!
-Dick Vitale(sports commentator)
"His future is so bright, it's unbelievable. You watch him play, and you can't imagine a guy having this much ability and being only in his second year in the league"
-Kevin Johnson (about Penny's second season)
"He's so fluent in his game...very rarely do you see someone at 6'7" do what he can do."
-John Starks
"If you took the guys from my generation, Michael Jordan, Magic Johnson and Larry Bird are the guys who youdreamed of playing with, I never played with those guys, but I really believe I'm playing with the next guy like them. The next generation. He has the potential to be as dominant as anyone of his era."
-Jon Koncak
"Is Penny the best guard in the league? He's close. There is him and Michael Jordan and ... shoot, who are the other guards, anyway?"
-Dennis Scott
"He did everything possible to carry this team home. With what he's done the last three games, there's no question he has shown he's the next Michael Jordan." -Richie Adubato on the Miami-Orlando Series