In basketball - as in life - true joy comes from being fully present in each and every moment, not just when things are going your way. Of course, it's no accident that things are more likely to go your way when you stop worrying about whether you're going to win or lose and focus your full attention on what's happening right this moment.

The road to freedom is a beautiful system

Winning is important to me, but what brings me real joy is the experience of being fully engaged in whatever I'm doing.

For us tall people, the whole key is that your hips and your knees should form a right angle when you sit down. That's where backs and hips get to be problems for big guys.

I know what it takes to be a coach. I've gone through that. I think I came up short my last season. Lots of things were happening physically to me, and emotionally, perhaps mentally, too. I thought it was time to tend to more important things, like health and like family. I still enjoy that, and I don't think I have any need to go back to coach.

If you have a clear mind . . . you won't have to search for direction. Direction will come to you.

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