It's easy on teams when you have got superstars. I mean, they're really good. And you give them the ball, and you say, 'Make a play.'

That is what shooting is. There is no secret sauce, man. You've got to find mechanics that you can make the same every time, and you've got to do it over and over again, and you can't just shoot for rhythm. You've got to understand what you are doing. You have to focus on those details every day.

To have a superstar - he's Allen Iverson - he really took me under his wing and really forced me to shoot the ball and forced me to make plays, and to have him do that for me - and the way he was always in my ear telling me to shoot the ball and supporting me - it's a big deal.

I don't shoot shots just to shoot shots. I'm always working in a rhythm, working on mechanics. I've got a checklist of the things I need to do with my form, my legs, my arms, all of my mechanics.

I've always tried to set my standards high on a daily basis.

LeBron carries a certain weight. You feel him all the time. On the court, off the court, in the organization. I don't say 'weight' in a bad way, but his presence is always felt. He is striving for greatness at all times. Because he's such a magnetic personality and such an incredible basketball player, people follow him.

A player senses when a coach loses confidence in him. That, more than anything, can throw a player.

If the team is scoring, and I'm on the court, that's as good as me scoring.

Chicago is an amazing place for sports.

You can visualize, and you can try to trick yourself into thinking a certain way. There's all kinds of things you can do to try to get in the right spot mentally. But at the end of the day, to have real confidence, you've got to be doing good at your craft.

If you want to be a great team, you've got to be able to play 48 minutes.

The mental side of sports, it's huge. It's such a massive part of the game.

I've been shooting my whole life. I don't remember a team where I wasn't playing basketball. It's something I really enjoy, and I shoot for hours at a time.

I watched the Bulls growing up. To be part of an organization like that is great.

You don't ever want to be a mechanical basketball player, but as far as technique and things, I like to have certain check points in my shot, certain things that I can count on and think about. It kind of helps me to be consistent.

If you shoot with mechanics where you've got your knees bending in all the way, you're not using your hips properly, you get all of this tendinitis and knee pain.

You can never expect things to happen like they did the last time. You still have to put in the work.

The Bulls are first class in every way: great people, organization, culture, and a great place to play basketball.

I think any of the older guys you can poll throughout the NBA, they're super-regimented. Because as long as that body lasts, your mind should be better; your shot should be better. But the reality is, at some point, your body does break down - you do get older - so it's just, how do you prolong that as long as possible?

I loved college. If I could've gone another year, I'd have gone another year, you know what I mean? Those were some of the best memories of my life.

That's when I'm at my best: when I'm surrounded by good players.

It's very rare to find a basketball coach that gets both: that gets the Xs and Os and also gets life.

It's hard when you get down. You start pressing a little bit trying to get back in the game.

I don't think I ever would have imagined having this career.