When I lose the sense of motivation and the sense to prove something as a basketball player, it's time for me to move away from the game.

If you accept the expectations of others, especially negative ones, then you never will change the outcome.

I am privileged to have played basketball.

If you pass the ball to Bill Cartwright, you'll never get the ball from me.

I don't go out and just try to score. I score because there is an opportunity to score.

Even when I'm old and grey, I won't be able to play it, but I'll still love the game.

I smoked my first cigar in 1991, when we won the championship. Up to that point, I had never smoked a cigar, never smoked anything.