So much of becoming a good athlete involves bringing other things to the table, other than physical skills. It involves intelligence, it involves many of the things that you learn during the process of being educated. How to analyze, how to assess, how to equate, how to reason.

If you get depressed about being the second-best team in the world, then you've got a problem.

I didn't want to become a reserve player, or a bench player, and it was time to move on and take on another challenge.

You know, just in terms of having to have a life on the road, you know, having the celebrity aspect be a burden for my family, friends and extended family.

I started playing professional basketball in 1971, and I played professionally for five seasons before going to Philadelphia.

But you know, if you live an affluent lifestyle, there are all types of trappings that are there that you have to be cognizant of, and you've got to try and communicate freely and gain understanding about and then keep moving on, because you know, sometimes lifestyles are chosen for us as opposed to us choosing them.

I came from a broken home, so my mom was a major influence in my life.