I always wanted the ball in my hands with a game on the line, as I think any real competitor does.

I’ve never seen a better coach than Gregg Popovich.

[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 would never, ever intentionally hurt a player contractually.

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

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

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.