I was not a great ballhandler. I just worked very hard at it, and I got to be a good ballhandler-a competent ballhandler-but never a great ballhandler.

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.

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.

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

As you get older, every chance to win a championship is more crucial, because you are going to have less and less of them.

The passion to win games, the incredible, focused energy and also the camaraderie of the team were all things that I really loved.