You can make all the excuses you want, but if you're not mentally tough and you're not prepared to play every night, you're not going to win.

A winner is someone who recognizes his God-given talents, works his tail off to develop them into skills, and uses these skills to accomplish his goals.

I don't think that once you get to one level, you can relax. You've got to keep pushing.

I wasn't real quick, and I wasn't real strong. Some guys will just take off and it's like, whoa. So I beat them with my mind and my fundamentals.

I can see why fans don't like to watch pro basketball. I don't, either. It's not exciting.

Basketball has been my life and I worked at it so hard because I enjoyed it so much.

You're all playin' for second place.