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.

When it's time for me to walk away from something, I walk away from it. My mind, my body, my conscience tell me that enough is enough.

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.

Anything can happen with hard work and dedication

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.

I would hope that racism is something that just does not work in this day and age, but I know otherwise.

As you get older, every chance to win a championship is more crucial, because you are going to have less and less of them.