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

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.

Commitment separates those who live their dreams from those who live their lives regretting the opportunities they have squandered.

The idea is not to block every shot. The idea is to make your opponent believe that you might block every shot.

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.

The most important measure of how good a game I played was how much better I’d made my teammates play.

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.