[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 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.

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

You can't imagine how much good luck is involved in winning, but all of a sudden, you get in a situation where every break goes your way, every call goes your way, every ball that rolls around drops in instead of out. It feels magical.

[The NBA] used to be a small band of basketball groupies. Now there are a lot more corporate-type people working in the league.

The trick in writing children's books is to set up danger, mystery and excitement on page one. Force the kid to turn the page . . . Then in the middle of each chapter there's a dramatic point of excitement, and at chapter's end, a cliffhanger.

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