Commitment separates those who live their dreams from those who live their lives regretting the opportunities they have squandered.

Remember that basketball is a game of habits. If you make the other guy deviate from his habits, you've got him

The last five or six days, I've been running. The last two days, I've been running pretty hard. Everybody's got to be someplace.

I've been fortunate to meet and work with a lot of really smart people. The thing that strikes me most about them is how they continue to explore and learn every day. I have tried to apply that approach in my modest career as well.

A rebounder, or a shot-blocker for that matter, is always at a disadvantage if he tells himself the only way he can succeed is by out jumping the guy next to him. Sometimes he will have to, but most of the time he will not. Most of my rebounds came from positioning, where I was able to get the ball while in heavy traffic.

I think that David Stern is probably the greatest commissioner that any sport has ever had in the history of this country.

Concentration and mental toughness are the margins of victory.