We're talking about being relevant again. I want the Sixers to be on people's tongues again... I want the Sixers to be the basketball team that people want to see.

I was homecoming queen. I was star of my basketball team.

I was captain of the volleyball team and the basketball team, and I ran track.

From a basketball standpoint, this team is going up. And I wanted to be a part of it.

Michael is a genius as a basketball player. What he went through physically last year makes him more aware of what he has to do. ... He knows we can?t do the same thing this year.

A lot of people look at a basketball team as an anchor tenant for an arena. I look at an arena as the anchor tenant for a much larger program.