I expect a cigar.....not lit, hopefully

You can't force your will on people. If you want them to act differently, you need to inspire them to change themselves

He practiced against Kobe all of last year, so obviously it was sweet revenge for him. We deserved that. We didn't know who he was, we gave him up to Charlotte, we had no idea how good a player he was.

Yes, victory is sweet, but it doesn't necessarily make life any easier the next season or even the next day.

I probably would have no capability of absorbing a 60-defeat season as a coach. It would be a foreign experience. My whole career, even as a player, has been on winning basketball clubs and it just seems to have been a part of the make-up of what’s been given me. That’s what I’ve been given and that’s what I’ve had to deal with. Some people can make fun of it or some people can have a good time with it, or some people can resent it. It’s just what it is.

Your problems never cease, they just change.

I'm not going to coach again. I've done my coaching, and I think I can put that aside.