We realized that no one of us could be as good as all of us playing unselfishly.

Respect your fellow human being, treat them fairly, disagree with them honestly, enjoy their friendship, explore your thoughts about one another candidly, work together for a common goal and help one another achieve it. No destructive lies. No ridiculous fears. No debilitating anger.

Tax (reform) is ultimately a decision about values.

For a long time, I operated under the Chinese proverb that there are four kinds of leaders: those who you laugh at, those who you hate, those who you love and those who you don't even know that they're leaders.

Basketball can serve as a kind of metaphor for ultimate cooperation. It is a sport where success, as symbolized by the championship, requires that the dictates of community prevail over selfish impulses.

We realized that no one of us could be as good as all of us playing unselfishly.

Behind all the years of practice and all the hours of glory waits that inexorable terror of living without the game.