I was taught by teachers, and if it's one thing I have it's a basketball mind and I try to pass it on and pay it forward.

Any time Detroit scores more than 100 points and holds the other team below 100 points they almost always win.

Don't ever have a rule that you won't enforce with your best player.

To change a team you must change their comfort zone.

When your teammate looks you in the eye and holds you accountable, that's the greatest kind of leadership there is

I've always said you have to go through a lot of heartache in life to feel joy.

We've got to get our fans back. We've got to start winning and get our fans excited about the 76ers again... We're selling hope. This is about hope. We have hope that we have a chance to be good.

I think that Paul Gasol is the most skilled big man in the NBA today with his ability to post on either block, the way he runs the floor, and the way he can shoot the mid-range jump shot.

Aside from an intervention, which I don't think is on anybody's mind, Iraq is going to have defend for itself.

Boston is a very proud franchise. The NBA misses them when they are not in the mix. They, along with teams like the Knicks and 76ers are a big part of the heart, soul and history of the league.

You don't want to be down 2-0 in a series. It's always important to try and get one on the opponent's home court. It makes your job at home easier.

There is a remedy and there is a hope but the remedy is not in the political party or in places that will take you away from hope. You better run to God, that is the only place you can find both.

You are a true leader if you help others to grow as leaders.

Life could sometimes be grand.

You have teenagers thinking they're going to make millions as NBA stars when that's not realistic for even 1 percent of them. Becoming a scientist or engineer is.

There were things in my past which I have not liked. But all the things of which I was proud will remain.

I didn't want to write a book. They made me do it.

Blind eyes could look at me and see the truth.

A heart's a heart, in a child or a man. You are tougher than you feel right now. Your roots are deep, your canopy's spread wide. You're going to show everyone what it means to be a king.

Let me tell you something: The only thing that separates women of color from anyone else is opportunity. You cannot win an Emmy for roles that are simply not there.

Each test pilot I know considers him, or herself, now that there are women, to be the very best. It's very demeaning to step down the ladder once in a while