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.

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.

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.

The marketing of players has created untold wealth for many sports stars. You can't blame them or the company that covets the relationship with them, but that doesn't mean the player is good.

I enjoy winning, but more importantly I enjoy the people I'm around.

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

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.