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

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.

Don't let talent get in way of team performance. Great players do what's outstanding for team, not what makes them stand out

I’ve never seen a better coach than Gregg Popovich.

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.

Coaches who have been players in the league, they get so attuned to playing how they were successful, and who their coaches were.

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