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.

On females officiating in the NBA -Incompetence should not be confined to one sex.

Friendship is a full-time job.

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

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

Success is a result of consistent practice of winning skills and actions. There is nothing miraculous about the process. There is no luck involved.

I hope I epitomize the American dream. For I came against long odds, from the ghetto to the very top of my profession. I was not immediately good at basketball. It did not come easy. It came as the result of a lot of hard work and self-sacrifice. The rewards, where they worth it? One thousand times over.