If a guy pays you five dollars, you give him seven dollars worth of work.

To me, the most important part of winning is joy. You can win without joy, but winning that’s joyless is like eating in a four-star restaurant when you’re not hungry. Joy is a current of energy in your body, like chlorophyll or sunlight, that fills you up and makes you naturally want to do your best.

You can do anything you want to do if you want it bad enough

Create unselfishness as the most important team attribute.

What distinguishes a great player is his presence. When he goes on to the court, his presence dominates the atmosphere.

Learning is a daily experience and a lifetime mission. I truly believe in the saying "We work to become, not to acquire."

You got to have the killer instinct. If you do not have it, forget about basketball and go into social psychology or something. If you sometimes wonder if you've got it, you ain't got it. No pussycats, please.