Friendship is a full-time job.

If you really have integrity, there are very few people who can insult you, or honor you.

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

The only important statistic is the final score.

The morale and the camaraderie that we had for one another earlier in the year is starting to come under duress because of all the losses. Some of the guys are feeling the pressure now from the last year when they were not successful.

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.

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