Even when I went to the playground, I never picked the best players. I picked guys with less talent, but who were willing to work hard and had the desire to be great.

I guess when people ask what is the biggest transition to the NBA from college, it is definitely defense and the mental part.

Life doesnt stop because something happens to you.

I've always studied business. Even when I was a ball player, I'd read business journals and the business sections of newspapers.

There's Michael [Jordan], then there's the rest of us.

I want to be here for a long time, so I am going to do everything I have to do to be here. And I want to walk my daughter down the aisle and give her away to somebody some day. I want to make sure I am still here to make sure my two young [sons] become men.

For me, it always goes back to something I learned in basketball. There's winning and there's losing, and in life you have to know they both will happen. But what's never been acceptable to me is quitting.