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

Personalities seem in many cases to dominate the lucrative endorsement market. But that doesn't upset me. What upsets me is when not enough attention is paid to the product-the game.

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

I don't really want to go into my problems with the team at the time except to say that no one's ever had to pay me to play basketball.

Coaches who have been players in the league, they get so attuned to playing how they were successful, and who their coaches were.

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.

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