Excellence is the gradual result of always striving to do better.

If you have a positive attitude and constantly strive to give your best effort, eventually you will overcome your immediate problems and find you are ready for greater challenges.

Management must speak with one voice. When it doesn't management itself becomes a peripheral opponent to the team's mission.

He's being measured, I think, too harshly. But I believe in him. He's a streak scorer with this team. He can get on a roll.

I'm disappointed in it. He deserved it. Ben Wallace and the other guys who were picked, they deserve it also.

We are very fortunate to have been able to acquire a player of Gary Payton's stature, ... He is a proven veteran and will be a big addition to this team.