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 think the players win the championship, and the organization has something to do with it, don't get me wrong. But don't try to put the organization above the players.

It's a habit of mine now, noticing labels, logos, shoes.

I will not quit this game because of what the media has done to me.

It's not how hard you pushed along the way. It's having something in you to finish.

I've missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I've lost almost 300 games. 26 times, I've been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I've failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.

I'd take 12 guys who had a strong passion for the game over 12 guys who don't respect the game.