Sublime

I was always aware of what went on around me—but I mainly kept my own counsel because what I did was never for anyone else’s approval. All I was ever interested in was to do what I did as best I could. Period. The payoff was in using my skills, the most comprehensive skills in the game at that time, to the fullest and winning more championships tha

A great team is like a five-pointed star; each game, another player can be the reason for victory. That’s the way it was with the Boston Celtics of Russell’s era. He was surrounded by a talented group of teammates, but the team somehow belonged to him. In the end, Red Auerbach officially recognized his leadership by selecting him as the player-coac

Melvin Maxwell, Bill Hybels, John Wooden, Oswald Sanders, Jesus Christ,

He is the greatest winner in basketball history—eleven NBA championships in thirteen years. Some players can amass individual statistics. Only one has had the strength and focus to keep his team a champion for over a decade.

the importance of mentorship, as both a mentor and mentee, a symbiotic relationship that has the power to transform lives.

I watched the general flow on the court for a while, and it was soon clear enough who had drawn the crowd, and that he was the most graceful and classical basketball player who had ever been near Princeton, to say the very least. Every motion developed in its simplest form. Every motion repeated itself precisely when he used it again. He was remark

When you bring a “Ronnie Lott” into your organization, you are actually bringing several “Ronnie Lotts” aboard, because they create others in their own image.