We play with enthusiasm and recklessness. We aren't afraid to lose. If we win, great; but win or lose, it is the competition that gives us pleasure.

A hard-fought, well-fought, hairline-close game is as classical in sports as tragedy is in the theater. Victory is contained within defeat, and defeat is contained within victory. That's the way it is in the best of games. What counts in sports is not the victory, but the magnificence of the struggle.

You must relate athletic experiences to life.

I stayed on the track I wanted to stay on. I don’t think I deviated from what I’m all about and what I thought was important. Whether you want to call that a legacy, or whatever you want to call it.

You need to play with supreme confidence, or else you'll lose again, and then losing becomes a habit.

All coaches are thinking men, or else they wouldn't survive.

Don't just stand back and play the way you're coached. A great player must rise to the occasion and turn the game around on his own.