The owners don't win by having a lockout. Shutting down your business is not good for anybody and it's certainly not good for the players it's certainly not good for the fans. And that's most important to us.

I've always wanted to be the best in the world as a baseball player so when I started to think about opening a business it was with that mindset.

My goal in the beginning was to buy my mother a house. Now I realize okay if I really focus and become a key player in business then I can build an empire.

And I want to do it the right way like everybody else not just a famous figurehead that gets a job because he is a famous basketball player. I want to really learn the business.

The great leaders are like the best conductors - they reach beyond the notes to reach the magic in the players.

The best player I ever played with was Dennis Johnson.

I know I'm not the best. I'm not the best singer I'm not the best songwriter I'm not the best player.

I won't accept anything less than the best a player's capable of doing... and he has the right to expect the best that I can do for him and the team!

To all the positions I just bring the determination to win. Me being an unselfish player I think that can carry on to my teammates. When you have one of the best players on the court being unselfish I think that transfers to the other players.

The best evaluation I can make of a player is to look in his eyes and see how scared they are.