I would never, ever intentionally hurt a player contractually.

Basketball came to me and for some reason it gave me an opportunity to live a life that I didn't dream possible. But it did let me live my dreams.

You can't ever totally know what's inside of someone else, or see the kind of will someone like Magic has. You have to rely on your instincts to find people who hate losing and know how to win.

You can't imagine how much good luck is involved in winning, but all of a sudden, you get in a situation where every break goes your way, every call goes your way, every ball that rolls around drops in instead of out. It feels magical.

Confidence is a lot of this game or any game. If you don't think you can, you won't.

There are many players who don't measure up to their marketability.

I'm just ultracompetitive. I will be till they put me in the grave.