The Sign Of A Great Player Is

Leadership Is Not About Forcing Your Will On Others. It's About Mastering The Art Of Letting Go.

The Best Part Of Basketball, For Those People On The Inside, Is The Bus Going To The Airport After You've Won A Game On An Opponent's Floor. It's Been A Very Tough Battle. And Preferably, In The Playoffs. And That Feeling That You Have, Together As A Group, Having Gone To An Opponent's Floor And Won A Very Good Victory, Is As About As High As You Can Get.

An Acrobatic Dunk Will Make It Onto Sports Center. A Simple, Unspectacular Bounce Pass In The Rhythm Of The Offense Will Not. System Basketball Has Been Replaced By Players Who Want To Be The System.

There's A Term, Agape, You Hear Used A Lot With Charismatic Religious Groups, That It's This More Pure Love Of Caring, Of Sharing Of Concern And Understanding. I Think Players And Teams Have To Come To That At Some Point In The Season To Become Successful. Maybe Not "personal Friends," But They Become Teammates At The Highest Level Of That Term.

I'm Not Going To Coach Again. I've Done My Coaching, And I Think I Can Put That Aside.