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.

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

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.

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.

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

To love someone is nothing, to be loved by someone is something, to love someone who loves you is everything.

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