The biggest thing that I felt basketball could do for me was help me get a good education.

I wanted to undertake the challenge of daring to be great.

The key to success is to keep growing in all areas of life - mental, emotional, spiritual, as well as physical.

Because of the makeup of the NBA, it cannot afford for the public to turn on them.

That was just my own personal program: I didn't want to get too high over the good moments because I didn't want to be saddened and depressed when things didn't go as I had planned.

And I continued to grow until I was 25 years old.

Every team that I've played on, I've either been the captain or co-captain.