Leadership is getting players to believe in you. 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. Players will see right through a phony. And they can tell when you're not giving it all you've got.

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

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.

I like being by myself.

Michael Jordan is God disguised as a basketball player.

Push yourself again and again. Don't give an inch until the final buzzer sounds.

The best player I ever played with was Dennis Johnson.