I got all A's and was hated for it; I spoke correctly and was called a punk.

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

Habits are tools. They can either propel you toward success or drag you down.

Beauty is grace and confidence. I've learned to accept and appreciate what nature gave me.

To me, beauty appears when one feels deeply, and art is an act of total attention.

If you make a decision, a pact with someone, your friend, you should say, 'I'm gonna do this,' and you should stick to it.

Politics: where fat, bald, disagreeable men, unable to be candidates themselves, teach a president how to act on a public stage.

Instead of creating new jobs, Republicans gave tax cuts to companies that send jobs overseas.

Well, I thought the deal was, when you went to work for the government you weren't supposed to make money!

Challenging someone is good. You need to do it. Sometimes they don't even realize you're doing it, like when you joke with a goalie, 'What's wrong today? You losing it?

I grew up to the sound of live music in our Brooklyn household.