The only important statistic is the final score.

Heart in champions has to do with the depth of our motivation and how well your mind and body react to pressure - that is, being able to do what you do best under maximum pain and stress.

We couldn't sustain it. And they got a lot of kids that can shoot. We just couldn't close out well enough.

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

The idea is not to block every shot. The idea is to make your opponent believe that you might block every shot.

The most important thing to me is the friends that I've made.

If you can take something to levels that very few other people can reach, then what you're doing becomes art.