I wouldn’t say I’m a ball hog. I’m a shooter. I don’t necessarily hog the ball, but I put them up though. I definitely much rather shoot it than pass it. That’s just how I am.

If you're afraid to fail, then you're probably going to fail.

I focus on one thing and one thing only - that's trying to win as many championships as I can.

We all can be masters at our craft, but you have to make sacrifices that come along with making that decision.

Friends come and go but banners hang forever.

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.

Each moment of my life I was dreaming of how great I could be, and continued working hard. Each time I closed my eyes I could see me shining bright like a sun.