I don't really want to go into my problems with the team at the time except to say that no one's ever had to pay me to play basketball..

I always wanted the ball in my hands with a game on the line, as I think any real competitor does..

I've seen a lot in my life. I've seen a lot of winning. I've seen a lot of testing times. I think when you're tested, you really find out what you're….

There are many players who don't measure up to their marketability..

Don't let talent get in way of team performance. Great players do what's outstanding for team, not what makes them stand out.

I enjoy winning, but more importantly I enjoy the people I'm around..

You can't imagine how much good luck is involved in winning, but all of a sudden, you get in a situation where every break goes your way, every call ….

As a player all you can do is play within yourself, even in the context of a team sport..

The passion to win games, the incredible, focused energy and also the camaraderie of the team were all things that I really loved..

I was not a great ballhandler. I just worked very hard at it, and I got to be a good ballhandler-a competent ballhandler-but never a great ballhandle….

When time is running out and the score is close, most players are thinking, I don't want to be the one to lose the game, but I'm thinking, What do I ….

I’ve never seen a better coach than Gregg Popovich..

When it's time for me to walk away from something, I walk away from it. My mind, my body, my conscience tell me that enough is enough..

You can't get much done in life if you only work on the days when you feel good..

[The NBA] used to be a small band of basketball groupies. Now there are a lot more corporate-type people working in the league..

I'm just ultracompetitive. I will be till they put me in the grave..

The only thing I care about is winning. That's all. If you don't want to win, you don't want to be around me..

Basketball came to me and for some reason it gave me an opportunity to live a life that I didn't dream possible. But it did let me live my dreams..

To have harmony on a team, you need a coach who can get inside the head of every player and get them all pulling in one direction..

Confidence is a lot of this game or any game. If you don't think you can, you won't..

I would hope that racism is something that just does not work in this day and age, but I know otherwise..