I think that David Stern is probably the greatest commissioner that any sport has ever had in the history of this country.

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

My father once told me that anyone who worked for three dollars an hour owed it to himself to put in four dollars' worth of work.

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.

Most people have a harder time letting themselves love than finding someone to love them.

A rebounder, or a shot-blocker for that matter, is always at a disadvantage if he tells himself the only way he can succeed is by out jumping the guy next to him. Sometimes he will have to, but most of the time he will not. Most of my rebounds came from positioning, where I was able to get the ball while in heavy traffic.

If Shakespeare can compare all of life to a stage, maybe it's not odd to believe that part of the play can take place on a basketball court.