I'm a firm believer in that you play the way you practice.

The one thing that always bothered me when I played in the NBA was I really got irritated when they put a white guy on me.

Strength is not nearly as important as desire. I don't think you can teach anyone desire. I think it's a gift. I don't know why I have it, but I do.

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

It doesn't matter who scores the points, it's who can get the ball to the scorer.

If you tell a teammate you're ready to play as tough as you're able to, you'd better go out there and do it.

Basketball was always a game to me. One of the greatest things in life for me was to be able to play what I loved dearly and get paid for it. So it was always a game to me and that's how I perceived everything.