Leadership is diving for a loose ball, getting the crowd involved, getting other players involved. It's being able to take it as well as dish it out. That's the only way you're going to get respect from the players.

Leadership is getting players to believe in you. If you tell a teammate you're ready to play as tough as you're able to, you'd better go out there and do it. Players will see right through a phony. And they can tell when you're not giving it all you've got.

The best players will play. That's the way it will always be.

It doesn't matter who scores the points, it's who can get the ball to the scorer.

He was taking charging fouls, he was diving on the floor for loose balls and taking the ball to the basket and hitting open threes. He looked as relaxed and comfortable out there as he could possibly be.

I knew being accepted was going to be hard, but I knew I was involved in a situation that was going to bring opportunities to other blacks.