I've always been taught that basketball is a team game and greater than the sum of its parts.

I've always been taught that basketball is a team game and greater than the sum of its parts.

Sometimes if you talk trash, you end up taking out the garbage.

My mother and father stressed education and always made sure we had a place to study and books to read.

There were times my immaturity kept me from being all I wanted to be.

I'd like to be remembered as somebody who persevered, who in many ways overcame, who recognized the importance of giving back, particularly to our youth, and as someone who tried to reach back and to catapult the next generation beyond him.

I'm not nearly as much of a fan of the NBA as I was maybe 10 or 15 years ago, or certainly as I was when I was a player. It's become more entertainment focused, and less focused on the purity of the game.