I was the youngest of seven kids and I would not have been able to go to college without an athletic scholarship.

You can have great players, but if they dont want to be coached, what are you going to do?

I've been around young, talented, non-coachable players. I've been around veteran, talented, non-coachable players. No matter what you do, sooner or later - even if a coach comes in that's able to connect with them - if that's who they are, they're going to go back to it.

I believe this with all my heart: The greatest coach of all time in my eyes is my mom. She's instilled in me a toughness and a perseverance and just a never-quit mentality, and I thank her every day for providing me, for what she sacrificed her life for.

To this day, I hate walnuts and I hate onions because on weekends when the walnuts and onions were in season, we were out there first thing in the morning and out there until the sun went down topping onions or picking walnuts.

The NBA needs more of that 'it's-about-us-against-them' mentality.

There are 30 great jobs in the NBA, and I've got one of them.