It's not about the number of hours you practice, it's about the number of hours your mind is present during the practice

Basketball is my refuge, my sanctuary. I go back to being a kid on the playground. When I get here, it's all good.

I love the weather, I love my '63 droptop Impala, I love the 405, and I love my guys.

The hunger [to success] is the same, no matter what it is that you're doing. It's like an unquenchable thirst to learn more, or to feel like you could have done more, and to be brutally honest and self critical, which is very hard to do. It's easy, and human nature is to just blame somebody else. It's very, very hard to self assess.

Being a leader, it's the art of trying to find the balance, the right times with each individual and what they need at that moment. It requires looking outward as opposed to looking inside.

You always have to be on edge. You always have to take every practice, every game, like it is your last.

We all know what flopping is when we see it. The stuff that you see is where guys aren't really getting hit at all and are just flailing around like a fish out of water.