Not Everyone Has A Purpose.

I Know What It Takes To Be A Coach. I've Gone Through That. I Think I Came Up Short My Last Season. Lots Of Things Were Happening Physically To Me, And Emotionally, Perhaps Mentally, Too. I Thought It Was Time To Tend To More Important Things, Like Health And Like Family. I Still Enjoy That, And I Don't Think I Have Any Need To Go Back To Coach.

He Practiced Against Kobe All Of Last Year, So Obviously It Was Sweet Revenge For Him. We Deserved That. We Didn't Know Who He Was, We Gave Him Up To Charlotte, We Had No Idea How Good A Player He Was.

Pau Is One Of The Best Big Men In The Game. I Mean, Pau Gasol Is Going To Be In The Hall Of Fame.

Yes, Victory Is Sweet, But It Doesn't Necessarily Make Life Any Easier The Next Season Or Even The Next Day.

Good Teams Become Great Ones When The Members Trust Each Other Enough To Surrender The Me For The We.