You have to be uncompromised in your level of commitment to whatever you are doing, or it can disappear as fast as it appeared... Excellence isn't a one-week or one-year ideal. It's a constant. There will be days when you don't feel on top of your game, or meetings in which you aren't at your best, but your commitment remains constant. No compromises.

Sometimes you need to get hit in the head to realize that you're in a fight.

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

It's hard to say if the NBA is hurt by the influx of younger players, but it's definitely impacted the league.

Everybody has talent, but ability takes hard work.

You're an idiot. You've screwed up every play we ever ran. You're too stupid to even remember the plays. We ought to get rid of you.

Because I want every kid to be viewed as a person rather than as a member of a certain race does not mean that I'm not black enough. . . . Do they want me to be positive just for black kids and negative for everybody else?