I never thought a role model should be negative.

All I wanted to do was to improve, to keep getting better.

Winners don't just learn the fundamentals, they master them. You have to monitor your fundamentals constantly because the only thing that changes will be your attention to them.

Other than my parents, no one had a bigger influence on my life than Coach Smith. He was more than a coach – he was my mentor, my teacher, my second father. Coach was always there for me whenever I needed him and I loved him for it. In teaching me the game of basketball, he taught me about life. My heart goes out to Linnea and their kids. We've lost a great man who had an incredible impact on his players, his staff and the entire UNC family.

Be optimistic about everything in life.

I never thought a role model should be negative.

I missed 9000 shots in my career, lost almost 300 games and missed the shot to win the game 26 times.