When the mind is allowed to relax, inspiration often follows.

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

Good teams become great ones when the members trust each other enough to surrender the Me for the We.

There's a term, agape, you hear used a lot with charismatic religious groups, that it's this more pure love of caring, of sharing of concern and understanding. I think players and teams have to come to that at some point in the season to become successful. Maybe not "personal friends," but they become teammates at the highest level of that term.

It takes a number of critical factors to win an NBA championship, including the right mix of talent, creativity, intelligence, toughness, and of course, luck. But if a team doesn’t have the most essential ingredient - love - none of those other factors matter.

Basketball is sharing.

If you meet the Buddha in the lane, feed him the ball.