Getting up at three in the morning to watch Michael Jordan, I never dreamed one day I would be kissing that trophy.

I love being under pressure. Even the pressure put on me by the media. That is how you outdo yourself.

I want to follow in my father's footsteps, but do it better.

The day when I am satisfied with what I have, will be the day I retire from the sport.

I still have a lot of room for improvement. I need to become a more skilled player.

In France, if you talk to little boys, they know all of the NBA players and not one single Pro A player.

I want to become the first European floor leader to succeed in the NBA. I want to be the standard-bearer and prove we can succeed here.

I don't think I'm boring.

You're going to see ups and downs your whole career.

When you win 20 games in a row and then lose four, people ask you, 'What happened?'...That's the beauty of sports.

When I first came in the league, a lot of people were surprised by my knowledge about the history of the game.

If I didn’t have a job, I might have stayed in bed until I rotted.

The lust and attraction are often a given in a romance novel - I want to dig into the elements of true friendship that form a foundation for a solid, gonna-last-forever romantic relationship.

When we are no longer able to change a situation - we are challenged to change ourselves.

Every time you lose an animal, it's like losing a brick from the house. Pretty soon the house just falls down, you know?

Looking up into the night sky is looking into infinity — distance is incomprehensible and therefore meaningless

The man I am will always raise a protest against the man I wanted to be and the two will live together to the end, but the man I wanted to be will be the one on whom judgement will be passed.

The softest of stuff in the world, penetrates quickly the hardest, insubstantial, it enters where there is no room.

Each social formation, through each of its material activities, exerts its influence upon the civic whole; and each of its ideas and ideals wins also its place and power.

The people who come out on top in music business have persistence. It is key! Fall down seven times; stand up eight. It takes a lot of courage and an unwavering belief in yourself and your abilities.