It was clear to me that I was never going to be the same kind of player I had been. It was time to quit.

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.

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.

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.

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

It was clear to me that I was never going to be the same kind of player I had been. It was time to quit.