I've been around young, talented, non-coachable players. I've been around veteran, talented, non-coachable players. No matter what you do, sooner or later - even if a coach comes in that's able to connect with them - if that's who they are, they're going to go back to it.

I've been around young, talented, non-coachable players. I've been around veteran, talented, non-coachable players. No matter what you do, sooner or later - even if a coach comes in that's able to connect with them - if that's who they are, they're going to go back to it.

There's nothing that you can say in the paper that should affect you.

I was the youngest of seven kids and I would not have been able to go to college without an athletic scholarship.

The NBA needs more of that 'it's-about-us-against-them' mentality.

When you don't have much and you need to be at work, there's no such thing as being sick.

We had a great preseason. The guys responded with what coach (George Karl) wanted early on in pace of the game, togetherness and defensive intensity. We've improved in those areas with a couple of setbacks, but we've improved each game.