After I played him for the first time, I said 'Let's see. He's four or five inches taller. He's 40 or 50 pounds heavier. His vertical leap is at least as good as mine. He can get up and down the floor as well as I can. And he's smart. The real problem with all this is I have to show up.

My most prized possession was my library card from the Oakland Public Library.

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

After I played him for the first time, I said 'Let's see. He's four or five inches taller. He's 40 or 50 pounds heavier. His vertical leap is at least as good as mine. He can get up and down the floor as well as I can. And he's smart. The real problem with all this is I have to show up.

I think what has happened to our basketball team, we've been badly distracted. They're not reading too many positive things in the paper.

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.