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.

People say it was the greatest individual rivalry they've ever seen. I agree with that. Let me assure you that if either Wilt's or Russ' coach had ever told one of them he couldn't guard the other guy, he would have lost that player forever.

Create unselfishness as the most important team attribute.

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

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 don't have very many regrets, not because I lived a perfect life but because life is a bunch of rolling hills, not mountains, or speed bumps instead of stop signs, and so you come to a situation and it's neither good or bad, it just is, and what it means to you is what's your take on it. But the second part of the equation is what are you going to do about it. A lot of times I'm completely wrong, but all you do is back up and start over.