Practice habits were crucial to my development in basketball. I didn't play against the toughest competition in high school, but one reason I was able to do well in college was that I mastered the fundamentals. You've got to have them down before you can even think about playing.

Maybe it's God disguised as Michael Jordan.

You know when I played, you had me and Kevin (McHale) and some others throughout the league. I think it's good for a fan base because as we all know the majority of the fans are white America. And if you just had a couple of white guys in there, you might get them a little excited.

My opinion about basketball, the way I was taught, was when you step on the court, you play to win.

When I was a kid, like 14 or 15, I played with the waiters from the hotel, 'cause that was the best game. And these guys, they'd let me play. And they were black guys.

You never make any of the shots you never take. 87% of the ones you do take, you'll miss too. I make 110% of my shots.

Once you are labeled 'the best' you want to stay up there, and you can't do it by loafing around.