My heroes are and were my parents. I can't see having anyone else as my heroes.
When I was young, I never wanted to leave the court until I got things exactly correct. My dream was to become a pro.
Fundamental preparation is always effective. Work on those parts of your game that are fundamentally weak.
You can't let praise or criticism get to you. It's a weakness to get caught up in either one.
Doing the best you are capable of doing is victory in itself, and less than that is defeat.
The caliber of play suffered and attendance declined year by year. Interest in college football was exploding, and there was this new game called basketball.
Players with high character get better. Players with a serious approach get better. The fools never get better
Winning is overrated. The only time it is really important is in surgery and war.
No matter whether you are new or an old team member, you need time to adjust to one another.
If I were a painter, you'd be calling me Shaqcasso.
You can run a lot of plays when your X is twice as big as the other guys' O. It makes your X's and O's pretty good.
There's no such thing as coulda, shoulda, or woulda. If you shoulda and coulda, you woulda done it.
So, the next time you're out working on your game and they pass you the rock, don't just take it to the hole. Take it to the next level. Don't just bend rims. Bend expectations. Let them see you and feel you and by the very virtue of your love, the truth in your game, they will hear you. Let your game speak.
Sometimes you need to get hit in the head to realize that you're in a fight.
I'm in favour of drug tests, just so long as they are multiple choice.
Basketball is my refuge, my sanctuary. I go back to being a kid on the playground. When I get here, it's all good.
Basketball is just a platform for me to inspire people.
I had to spend countless hours, above and beyond the basic time, to try and perfect the fundamentals.
The best teams play for each other, not with each other
Discover your gift, develop your gift and then give it away every day.
Practice to beat the best.
I concluded some time ago that a major part of success of a team, or of an individual, has a great deal to do with the intangible qualities possessed. The real key is in how a person see himself (humility), how he feels about what he does (passion), how he works with others (unity), how he makes others better (servanthood), and how he deals with frustration and success, truly learning from each situations (thankfulness). I believe those concepts are the essence of a good player, team, coach, or individual in any capacity in life.
Over coaching is the worst thing you can do to a player.
The morale and the camaraderie that we had for one another earlier in the year is starting to come under duress because of all the losses. Some of the guys are feeling the pressure now from the last year when they were not successful.
Life is what you allow yourself not to see.
