Don't let talent get in way of team performance. Great players do what's outstanding for team, not what makes them stand out

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.

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 get much done in life if you only work on the days when you feel good.

The marketing of players has created untold wealth for many sports stars. You can't blame them or the company that covets the relationship with them, but that doesn't mean the player is good.

The only thing I care about is winning. That's all. If you don't want to win, you don't want to be around me.

I don't live in the past. And besides, there are too many times in my career to remember specific events, because I played so many games.