David Robinson took the spotlight one last time for the San Antonio Spurs.

"Hopefully, it's the exclamation point, the period, the end of the sentence," Robinson said Monday before a postgame ceremony to retire his No. 50 jersey.

Robinson helped the Spurs win their second NBA title last season in his final game.

"It took away every single bad memory ... standing there on the court and seeing all those streamers coming down," Robinson said. "There was a closure to it — everything was perfect."

The Spurs have retired only three other numbers in their 30 years of existence — James Silas' No. 13, George Gervin's No. 44 and Johnny Moore's No. 00.

After 14 NBA seasons, Robinson is spending most of his time with wife Valerie and their three sons.

He's also doing some work at the Carver Academy, a private school that he founded in a disadvantaged San Antonio neighborhood with $10 million of his own money. Last week, he started a ministry at a local Christian church.

He acknowledges that his celebrity can be a distraction with his church work, but said it also be an advantage.

"If they come to hear the word because of that, I don't care," Robinson said. "One of my rules is that I don't sign autographs at church, and people are pretty good about that."

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