The road to freedom is a beautiful system

The most we can hope for is to create the best possible conditions for success, then let go of the outcome. The ride is a lot more fun that way.

The greatness of Michael Jordan is his competitive drive. The weakness of Michael Jordan is his competitive drive

Everybody has an opportunity to play a role, a playmaking role, so it makes it harder to coach. It takes a little more time.

I think people forgot that there are still ways you can get the ball inside rather than just standing there and throwing the ball in. You have to have a system that makes all things work.

An acrobatic dunk will make it onto Sports Center. A simple, unspectacular bounce pass in the rhythm of the offense will not. System basketball has been replaced by players who want to be the system.

The best thing that I think happened to me was I got the opportunity to have really good players and we were able to meet the demand of the competition. And I think that's what I value most.