CHRIS PAUL: I’ve been on teams since I was five years old, whether it be playing football, whether it be playing basketball. CHRIS PAUL: I absolutely think it goes back to, like you said, Bill Russell and all the guys that came before us who’ve been doing the work, Oscar Robinson, all these different guys, but also our players in our league just understand the importance. ALISON BEARD: That was Chris Paul, 12-time NBA All-Star point guard, former president of the National Basketball Players Association, and the author with Michael Wilbon of Sixty-One: Life Lessons from Papa, On and Off the Court.