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

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.

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

I always wanted the ball in my hands with a game on the line, as I think any real competitor does.

It was clear to me that I was never going to be the same kind of player I had been. It was time to quit.

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.

Confidence is a lot of this game or any game. If you don't think you can, you won't.