The key is not the "will to win" . . . everybody has that. It is the will to prepare read more

The key is not the "will to win" . . . everybody has that. It is the will to prepare to win that is important.

Once you are labeled 'the best' you want to stay up there, and you can't do it by loafing around. read more

Once you are labeled 'the best' you want to stay up there, and you can't do it by loafing around. If I don't keep changing. I'm history.

The first time I shot the hook, I was in fourth grade, and I was about five feet eight inches read more

The first time I shot the hook, I was in fourth grade, and I was about five feet eight inches tall. I put the ball up and felt totally at ease with the shot. I was completely confident it would go in and I've been shooting it ever since.

You can't win if you don't play as a unit.

You can't win if you don't play as a unit.

These are my new shoes. They're good shoes. They won't make you rich like me, they won't make you rebound read more

These are my new shoes. They're good shoes. They won't make you rich like me, they won't make you rebound like me, they definitely won't make you handsome like me. They'll only make you have shoes like me. That's it.

The main ingredient of stardom is the rest of the team.

The main ingredient of stardom is the rest of the team.

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

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

Show me a good and gracious loser, and I'll show you a failure.

Show me a good and gracious loser, and I'll show you a failure.

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

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