One of the most predictable things in life is there will be change. You are better off if you can have a say in the change. But you are ignorant or naive if you don't think there will be change, whether you want it to or not.

It's better to stay too long than to leave too soon.

My role models in the business were the older guys on my team when I first got there: Gray Scott, Adrian Smith, Roland Taylor. These were the guys who took me under their wing, and really schooled me in terms of what the business was about.

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

Being a professional is doing the things you love to do, on the days you don't feel like doing them.

The first professional game that I ever played remains, to me, the most exciting moment of my professional career.

I think I started learning lessons about being a good person long before I ever knew what basketball was. And that starts in the home, it starts with the parental influence.