What's more important than who's going to be the first black manager is who's going to be the first black sports editor of the New York Times.

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

We overreached our decision power. Sometimes our decisions have to fit the reality of the outside world.

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.

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

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

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