The great thing about basketball is you work as hard as you can to individually get better so that your team can win

Don't ever have a rule that you won't enforce with your best player.

I'm a numbers guy, and I think numbers sometimes tell stories and sometimes they don't. When you look at the NBA, when teams shoot 45% or better from the floor, what is their record? And if they shoot under that what is their record?

When hired three years ago, I willingly accepted the challenge of leading the Bulls back to the type of team this city richly deserves. I'm proud of the fact that each year the team has taken another step toward an NBA championship, and played with intense pride and determination.

When your teammate looks you in the eye and holds you accountable, that's the greatest kind of leadership there is

I was taught by teachers, and if it's one thing I have it's a basketball mind and I try to pass it on and pay it forward.

I've always said you have to go through a lot of heartache in life to feel joy.