A lot of black guys always ask me, 'Did Larry Bird really play that good?' I said, 'Larry Bird is so good it's frightening.'

In life, winning and losing will both happen. What is never acceptable is quitting.

Talent is never enough. With few exceptions the best players are the hardest workers.

All kids need is a little help, a little hope and somebody who believes in them.

You're the only one who can make the difference. Whatever your dream is, go for it.

I want to be here for a long time, so I am going to do everything I have to do to be here.

I grew up poor, but I didn't have poor dreams

Because if you're going to lose, lose. I'm serious.

I think you just have to keep knocking down doors, you have to keep being aggressive, and even if somebody says 'No', then you have to knock on the next door.

Just celebrate the life you had, not the life you could've had.

I am a businessman. This is what I do each and every day. I love it. I love coming to work. I never have a bad day.

Could it be that following our initiatory path and connecting with higher source wisdom might actually be one of our species’ best defense systems?

I adhere to the philosophy, "I don't care who writes the laws, let me write the songs."

Facebook is great for getting upset about things people say even though you haven't seen them in 12 years.

Gigantic second and third growth trees are found in the redwoods, forming magnificent temple-like circles around charred ruins more than a thousand years old.

The police had already found the cartridges and the rifles and the bag in the Texas School Depository and within a half an hour, those facts were known.

Ask others about themselves, at the same time, be on guard not to talk too much about yourself.

Proud people keep others at arm's length. Broken people are willing to take the risks of getting close to others and loving intimately.

All education must be self-education.

To be a classic, a novel should be original.

Most of my life I have done what I wanted to do. I have had fun on the job.