I don't think people fully appreciate the trauma associated with losing. It takes a lot out of you, year after year.

As a player all you can do is play within yourself, even in the context of a team sport.

To be candid with you, free agency hurts all sports. It's great for athletes making an enormous amount of money. But to say it helps the sports, I don't believe that.

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

To have harmony on a team, you need a coach who can get inside the head of every player and get them all pulling in one direction.

[The NBA] used to be a small band of basketball groupies. Now there are a lot more corporate-type people working in the league.

I don't think people fully appreciate the trauma associated with losing. It takes a lot out of you, year after year.