Never try to be better than somebody else. But most importantly, never cease trying to be the best you can be.

A mistake is valuable if you do four things with it: recognize it, admit it, learn from it, forget it

You have to work hard, and you have to enjoy what you're doing. If you don't enjoy it, no matter how hard you seem to work, you're not going to be working as hard as you can because you're not enjoying it.

It is difficult for young players to learn - because of the great emphasis on records - but, ideally, the joy and frustration of sport should come from the performance itself, not the score. While he is playing, the worst thing a player can think about in terms of concentration - and therefore of success - is losing. The next worst is winning.

It takes 10 hands to score a basket

My eyesight is not nearly as good. My hearing is probably going away. My memory is slipping too. But I'm still around.

Be quick but do not hurry.