Do I need my number retired throughout the course of the league to acknowledge what I've done? No.

I know what I would do if I were coach. I'd determine our strengths and weaknesses and utilize them. And it's pretty clear what our strength is.

If I had stood at the free-throw line and thought about 10 million people watching me on the other side of the camera lens, I couldn't have made anything. So I mentally tried to put myself in a familiar place. I thought about all those times I shot free throws in practice and went through the same motion, the same technique that I had used thousands of times. You forget about the outcome. You know you are doing the right things. So you relax and perform.

Earn your leadership every day.

I know what's within me even if you can't see it yet...I have something more important than courage, I have patience. I will become what I know I am.

I play to win, whether during practice or a real game. And I will not let anything get in the way of me and my competitive enthusiasm to win.

A leader can't make excuses. There has to be quality in everything you do. Off the court, on the court, in the classroom.