If you get tough mentally, you can get tough physically and overcome fatigue.
When you leave it to chance, then all of a sudden you don't have any more luck.
There's always the motivation of wanting to win. Everybody has that. But a champion needs, in his attitude, a motivation above and beyond winning.
Don't let other people tell you what you want.
Basketball is a business. Pure and simple. If you want to have fun, go to the YMCA.
It's what you get from games you lose that is extremely important.