How competitive can you be without losing your discipline?

Winning is like deodorant - it comes up and a lot of things don't stink.

Everybody likes each other until things get tough. Then you will find out what kind of team you have.

Do you want to choose winning over standing out? It's a choice every player on every championship team has to do

(Oklahoma Thunder center Kendrick) Perkins doesn't like other NBA players.

This team is one execution away from being a very good basketball team.

If you're a great defensive player, you're a great defensive player 100% of the time. You can't be a great defensive player half of the time because you didn't get the ball once or twice. That can't sidetrack you. It's got to be 'I live for my defense, and my offense I'll get. But I can't let it affect my defense. Nothing affects my defense.'