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.

When time is running out and the score is close, most players are thinking, I don't want to be the one to lose the game, but I'm thinking, What do I have to do to win?

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

If you can't see someone's got a game with great personality, you shouldn't be out there looking.

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.

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

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.