The one thing about players today is that they're very sensitive, and very fragile. They didn't grow up with tough coaches.

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.

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.

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.

I am Not, but the Universe is my Self.

The tide seldom shifts in favor of a selfish individual.

I think it is absolutely crazy in this day and age that I have to go through a trial and error method to see if my child is allergic to an antibiotic or peanuts. I should just know.

I love playing football, being out on the pitch with a ball, and I will be a little sad when that ends.

Life is growth. If we stop growing, technically and spiritually, we are as good as dead.

Wine has lit up for me the pages of literature, and revealed in life romance lurking in the commonplace.

I studied German at school. I lived in Berlin for two years and had a German girlfriend for five years, so I don't find speaking German particularly difficult. Singing was slightly more difficult.

And getting older, what's happening is, I play only mothers.

...people have character strength but they lack communication skills, and that undoubtedly affects the quality of relationships as well.