Don’t let talent get in way of team performance. Great players do what’s outstanding for team, not what makes them stand out.
Confidence is a lot of this game or any game. If you don’t think you can, you won’t.
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.
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.
I don’t think people fully appreciate the trauma associated with losing. It takes a lot out of you, year after year.
There are many players who don’t measure up to their marketability.
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 have to do to win?
I’ve never seen a better coach than Gregg Popovich.
It was clear to me that I was never going to be the same kind of player I had been. It was time to quit.
I always wanted the ball in my hands with a game on the line, as I think any real competitor does.
I don’t live in the past. And besides, there are too many times in my career to remember specific events, because I played so many games.
I was disappointed if I didn’t have a chance to win a game, and if I had the chance and didn’t do it...
I would never, ever intentionally hurt a player contractually.