You play ball against yourself; your opponent is your potential.

I'd probably be better off without trying to satisfy me, with my sense of humor. There are things that I have said that are funny to me, but they weren't to somebody in the press. So that hasn't worked to my benefit.

Well, I think it's pretty much established that I just didn't have any interest in coaching in the pros.

There are times when my passion for basketball led me into confrontations that I could have handled a lot better. I've always been too confrontational, especially when I know I'm right.

Most people have the will to win, few have the will to prepare to win.

You can't imagine the number of people in professional sports who have come up to me and said, "God, you treat those assholes like I'd like to treat them." And my question is, "Then why don't you?".

Learn to do things right and then do them right every time.