I’ve been fortunate to meet and work with a lot of really smart people. The thing that strikes me most about them is how they continue to explore and learn every day. I have tried to apply that approach in my modest career as well.

I think what has happened to our basketball team, we’ve been badly distracted. They’re not reading too many positive things in the paper.

We couldn’t sustain it. And they got a lot of kids that can shoot. We just couldn’t close out well enough.

The last five or six days, I’ve been running. The last two days, I’ve been running pretty hard. Everybody’s got to be someplace.

If you can take something to levels that very few other people can reach, then what you’re doing becomes art.

If Shakespeare can compare all of life to a stage, maybe it’s not odd to believe that part of the play can take place on a basketball court.

Don’t knock the ball in the stands, keep it in your hands!

Remember that basketball is a game of habits. If you make the other guy deviate from his habits, you’ve got him.

Heart in champions has to do with the depth of our motivation and how well your mind and body react to pressure – that is, being able to do what you do best under maximum pain and stress.

We learn to make a shell for ourselves when we are young and then spend the rest of our lives hoping for someone to reach inside and touch us. Just touch us – anything more than that would be too much for us to bear.