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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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