I'm not comfortable being preachy, but more people need to start spending as much time in the library as they do on the basketball court.

I can do something else besides stuff a ball through a hoop. My biggest resource is my mind.

You can't win unless you learn how to lose.

Your mind is what makes everything else work.

One man can be a crucial ingredient on a team, but one man cannot make a team.

It's hard for young players to see the big picture. They just see three or four years down the road.

If they took the idea that they could escape poverty through education, I think it would make a more basic and long-lasting change in the way things happen. What we need are positive, realistic goals and the willingness to work. Hard work and practical goals.

You have to be able to center yourself, to let all of your emotions go... Don't ever forget that you play with your soul as well as your body.

I try to do the right thing at the right time. They may just be little things, but usually they make the difference between winning and losing.