That argument doesn’t make any sense to me. So we want to advance as a society and as a culture, but, say, if something happens to an African-American, we immediately come to his defense? Yet you want to talk about how far we’ve progressed as a society? Well, if we’ve progressed as a society, then you don’t jump to somebody’s defense just because they’re African-American. You sit and you listen to the facts just like you would in any other situation, right? So I won’t assert myself.

I don't think a coach becomes the right coach until he wins a championship.

If you want to make history, you have to do historic things

Pooper scooper? Yeah, I've done it a few times. Every once in a while, you have to.

It never bothered me when people would say, 'You only win championships because you're playing with Shaq.' It bothered me when he said it.

To be honest with you, I (would) much rather play basketball and not be famous.

There's a through line that connects all of us.