I've always had an a$$-to-the-brain theory. When a player's a$$ gets put on the bench, a message goes straight to the brain saying, Get me off of here.

I'm not sure that an athlete is prepared to be a role model. He has a lot of attention paid to him that he shouldn't have, and then the athletes tend to think of themselves as better than they are.

All of us learn to write in the second grade. Most of us go on to greater things.

I'm not sure sports writing is an art.

You don't play against opponents, you play against the game of basketball.

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.

I was worried about losing until I looked down the floor and saw Dale Brown. Then I knew we had a chance.