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.

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.

I don't live in the past. And besides, there are too many times in my career to remember specific events, because I played so many games.

If you can't see someone's got a game with great personality, you shouldn't be out there looking.

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.

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.