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.

Each time I step on the basketball court, I never know what will happen. I live for the moment. I play for the moment.

My mother is my root, my foundation. She planted the seed that I base my life on, and that is the belief that the ability to achieve starts in your mind.

Failure makes me work even harder.

Sometimes I wonder what it will be like to look back on all this. Whether it will seem real.

Sometimes, things may not go your way, but the effort should be there every single night.

If you think and achieve as a team, the individual accolades will take care of themselves. Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence win championships.