I'm a patient person. I think that's one thing that I feel comfortable I can deal with - the downfall and the errors, as long as I see progress and people trying.

No one plays this or any game perfectly. It's the guy who recovers from his mistakes who wins.

Not everyone has a purpose.

The best part of basketball, for those people on the inside, is the bus going to the airport after you've won a game on an opponent's floor. It's been a very tough battle. And preferably, in the playoffs. And that feeling that you have, together as a group, having gone to an opponent's floor and won a very good victory, is as about as high as you can get.

I will have Derek Fisher wear all 5 of his rings the first time he comes in to talk to Carmelo.

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.