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

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.

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?

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.

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’ve never seen a better coach than Gregg Popovich.

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