K.A. Jordan Quotes

Whether you say, 'I can' or 'I can't,' you're right either way.

Values are the shields that you carry throughout life and it protects you from whatever life throws at you.

My best skill was that I was coachable. I was a sponge and aggressive to learn.

Overall, white men run America. From nuclear armaments to the filth and jeopardy of New York City subways to the cruel mismanagement of health care, is there anything to boast about?

The harder I prepare, the luckier I seem to get.

You can never know everything, and part of what you know is always wrong. A portion of wisdom lies in knowing that. A portion of courage lies in going on anyway.

When you educate a girl, you kick-start a cycle of success. It makes economic sense. It makes social sense. It makes moral sense. But, it seems, it's not common sense yet.

Without action, the best intentions in the world are nothing more than that: intentions.

Creative exploration [is] impossible, without (humble) acknowledgement of the unknown.

I will hate the man you choose because he isn't me, and love him if he makes you smile.

You cannot kill an ideology with a bullet. You can only kill it with a better idea.

The measure of a Christian is not in the height of his grasp but in the depth of his love

We are always more afraid than we wish to be, but we can always be braver than we expect.

Today, there is no excuse for any one of us to sit back and go, "Ugh! There's nothing I can do about it."Because there is always something that can be done.

The oak fought the wind and was broken, the willow bent when it must and survived.

Time to toss the dice

The men in my family are strong because the women in my family kill and eat the weak ones.

For many, the hijab represents modesty, piety and devotion to God, and I truly respect that. But the hijab should not be used as a means of applying social pressure on people.

Body and soul, Black America reveals the extreme questions of contemporary life, questions of freedom and identity: How can I be who I am?

If you accept the expectations of others, especially negative ones, then you never will change the outcome.

He was swimming in a sea of other people’s expectations. Men had drowned in seas like that.

Now faith is the turning of dreams into deeds. It is betting your life on the unseen realities

If you give people a good enough 'why', they will always figure out the 'how'.

Winners use words that say 'must' and 'will'.

The reason I became such a successful athlete was my mind was saying that no matter who you put up against me, I am better, I am the best.

Never think of the consequences of failing for you will always think of a negative result. Think only positive thoughts and your mind will gravitate towards those thoughts!

We shouldn't judge people through the prism of our own stereotypes.

I don't believe there is a clash between cultures. I believe there is a clash between perceptions of each other.

My advice is find fuel in failure. Sometimes failure gets you closer to where you want to be.

To tell the truth is to become beautiful.

There cannot be perfect civilization until Man realizes that the rights of every living creature are as sacred as his own.

The best come from the worst

Earn your leadership every day.

The game is my wife. It demands loyalty and responsibility, and it gives me back fulfillment and peace.

If you are free, you are not predictable and you are not controllable.

I play to win, whether during practice or a real game.

In the process of telling the truth about what you feel or what you see, each of us has to get in touch with himself or herself in a really deep, serious way.

If we are to prosper together in our increasingly small world, we must listen to -- and learn from each other's stories

I heave the basketball; I know it sails in a parabola, exhibiting perfect symmetry, which is interrupted by the basket. It's funny, but it is always interrupted by the basket.

There is no 'i' in team but there is in win.

Like comedy, horror has an ability to provoke thought and further the conversation on real social issues in a very powerful way.

If you are confident you have done everything possible to prepare yourself, then there is nothing to fear.

It's a game of integrity. There's no referees out there. We all respect each other.

It is both a right and a responsibility of a democratic society to manage immigration so that it serves the national interest.

The only man completely at peace is a man without a navel.

Dovie'andi se tovya sagain!

All I knew is that I NEVER wanted to be AVERAGE.

If you think and achieve as a team, the individual accolades will take care of themselves. Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence win championships.

I want to wake up every day and do whatever comes in my mind, and not feel pressure or obligations to do anything else in my life.

Sometimes you need to get hit in the head to realize that you're in a fight.