God chose Memphis as the place that I will continue my career.

You have to go through good times and bad times to get where you're trying to go.

I don't want to be another Jordan, Magic, or Isiah. When my career is over, I want to be able to look in the mirror and say 'I did it my way'.

I'd rather have more heart than talent any day.

I play every game like it's my last game. All that matters is that you go out there and play every game as if it was your last.

I'm not perfect. But I am trying every day to concentrate on being better.

A jump shot can get you a shoe deal, a big house, a supermodel, fancy cars, a bunch of yes men, a Swiss bank account. But none of these things can get you a jump shot

Mistakes happen. But after a while you've got to stop making them happen twice.

When you are not practicing, someone else is getting better.

When I was young, everyone laughed at me when I said that I wanted to be a professional basketball player...now it's my turn to laugh.

If you're struggling with your shooting, then do other things on the basketball court. Get steals, get assists, get rebounds-do anything on the court to help the team win.

History is simply what's behind us.

Every day is new sacred time to reach for your dreams.

Don’t be intimidated and at the same time don’t intimidate.

A thought is harmless unless we believe it.

There is a sort of theory that you should adapt bad books because they always make more successful films.

I believe that if you don't have systems, you don't have a business - you simply have a job for yourself. My challenge has been to build those systems in a new restaurant setting.

Take the regular wagon track and never leave it.

There's always negatives no matter what you're in in life. However if you keep being persistent the negative usually becomes a positive.

You can tell a lot about a person by who his or her heroes are.

Pride is the carbon-monoxide of Sin. It silently and slowly kills you without you even knowing.