"Leadership is getting players to believe in you. If you tell a teammate you're ready to play as toug..." — Larry Bird

I've got a theory that if you give 100% all of the time, somehow things will work out in the end.

While day by day the overzealous student stores up facts for future use, he who has learned to trust nature finds need for ever fewer external directions. He will discard formula after formula, until he reaches the conclusion: Let nature take its course.

The best player I ever played with was Dennis Johnson.

Leadership is diving for a loose ball, getting the crowd involved, getting other players involved. It's being able to take it as well as dish it out. That's the only way you're going to get respect from the players.