The best evaluation I can make of a player is to look in his eyes and see how scared they are.

Limits, like fear, is often an illusion.

I believe greatness is an evolutionary process that changes and evolves era to era.

I didn't come here to be average.

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

It's absolutely wrong that I don't want guys to challenge me. And the people who say that aren't in the room.

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.