Accept a loss as a learning experience, and never point fingers at your teammates
Do I need my number retired throughout the course of the league to acknowledge what I've done? No.
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.
You have to expect things of yourself before you can do them.
If you run into a wall, don't turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it.
We're not winning because of talent. We're just beating bad teams.