Nobody in the world can guard me one-on-one.

It doesn't matter to me what place I get traded to. If I was traded someplace - I'd play anywhere.

When you have empathy toward your opponents, it helps you destroy them quicker. Because you understand exactly who they are. You understand what buttons to push. You understand if they're insecure, if they fear embarrassment. And you can really hit those buttons to strike a nerve.

Magic has five championships. I have five championships. I'm pretty sure we both know what we're doing.

I don't have to hear that criticism, that idotic criticism anymore.

You have to be able to separate business from the love of the game. There were a lot of decisions made business-wise that I wasn't happy with, and I took a lot of blame over the years. But you have to be able to separate that from the love you have for the game.

Great things come from hard work and perseverance. No excuses.