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

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 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.

I made a lot of mistakes, a lot of things I'm not proud of. But it's only for other people to learn from.

Trusting no man as his friend, he could not recognize his enemy when the latter actually appeared.

People from different parts of the world can respond to the same story if it says something to them about their own history and their own experience.

Getting plastic surgery in your late 70's, it's kind of like painting your house as the fire approaches. Just die, there's no shame in it.

We are not quite novels. We are not quite short stories. In the end, we are collected works

Every child is going to grow up. You can see it happen in the books: They get older and older and belong to themselves to a greater and greater extent.

To-morrow will give some food for thought.

There is no such thing as accident; it is fate misnamed.

We have to find our own purposes in life, which are not derived directly from our scientific history.

I love "30 Rock" because Tina Fey allows me to fly over the cuckoo nest once a week.

Forgot the blush that virgin fears impart To modest cheeks, and borrowed one from art.