We had to be to the stadium at six o'clock for home games, and traffic was so bad it would take us an hour and fifteen or an hour and thirty minutes to drive. So now I'm sitting in a car for almost an hour and a half and I'm very tense. I'm worried about the traffic. So I started smoking a cigar going to the games.

Always turn a negative situation into a positive situation.

I've never been afraid to fail.

Just play. Have fun. Enjoy the game.

There is no such thing as a perfect basketball player, and I don't believe there is only one greatest player either.

I think school is very important and I personally had a great experience at North Carolina, which helped shape me as a basketball player and a person. Every once in a while, you will have a player who can make the jump and have an immediate impact on the professional level, but most of the players who come out would absolutely benefit from going to college.

Another day, another opportunity to prove everyone who doubts you wrong.