Either because I was an athlete or because I was black - probably both - there seemed to be a clear assumption that I wouldn't be up to the work.

You can't win unless you learn how to lose.

One man can be a crucial ingredient on a team, but one man cannot make a team.

I would suggest that teachers show their students concrete examples of the negative effects of the actions that gangsta rappers glorify.

High school dropouts are forfeiting their opportunity to pursue the American Dream.

I think that the good and the great are only separated by the willingness to sacrifice.

My most memorable moment came in 1985 as we beat the Boston Celtics.

Five guys on the court working together can achieve more than five talented individuals who come and go as individuals.

Good thoughts are no better than good dreams, unless they are executed.

I think the NBA players have to be held accountable in a reasonable way, just like any other professionals.

If ISIS represents Islam, then the KKK represents Christianity

Jesus said, “But when you pray, go into your room and shut the door and pray to your Father who is in secret.

It's cool to have critical success because it's always nice for your peers to say, 'Good job.' But who cares about them?

The President is always abused. If he isn't, he isn't doing anything.

When I think about writers who use fiction as social commentary and to raise social awareness but who are also very popular, I think of Dickens.

I like reading Ball Tongue lyrics and all that stuff. And they published a book, and I wouldn't give my lyrics, and it's all wrong in the book, and I giggle. It's funny.

In Indonesian, the word isn't translating as "gangster." It's "preman", which comes from the Dutch "préman", which of course the thing that's "freeman" in English.

The boxer's ring is the enjoyment of the part of society whose animal nature alone has been developed.

If you are going to survive in business, show business or any business, then you have to be bold.

The weeping of the candle is not in mourning for the moth: the dawn is at hand, and it is thinking of its own dark night.

To learn anything fast and effectively, you have to see it, hear it and feel it.