When you are in unrelenting, excruciating and debilitating pain that never goes away for years on end, your life is over.

Bill Russell was my favorite player of all-time.

Yao Ming is the best thing to happen to the NBA in a long time. He is just a beautiful person inside and out. The vision, the creativity, the gentleness of spirit … he has it all.

Where else but the NBA could people like Bill Russell, Spencer Haywood, Ricky Barry, Dennis Rodman, and Allen Iverson come in and be allowed to be who they are?

Never rank, rate, or compare coaches, children, concerts, or championships or congratulations. Just enjoy them all.

Never forget - happiness ends when selfishness begins.

Success at the highest level comes down to one question: Can you decide that your happiness can come from someone else's success?