I have people that I'm close to that give me things to read throughout the season, and in particular in the playoffs and the postseason.

Fatherhood will put a man through a lot, but it's a tremendous job, the best in the world - even better than playing basketball.

You're at your best, when you're focused and you're serious and passionate about what you do, but at the same time you can relax and have fun and be confident.

The source of my power and strength is God, and I know it, without a shadow of a doubt.

I don't feel like basketball is the only way to make a living.

I feel like I'm capable of doing so many things to help people around the country and the world.

Nothing means more to me than helping my team win.

I've discovered new parts of my manhood, places I couldn't get to without loving someone else unconditionally and putting others before myself.

Life for me outweighs the game of basketball.

I am not a passenger in anything I do. I am and always will be a leader.

You have to work hard at things.

God isn't chocolate, he's the encounter between chocolate and the palate capable of appreciating it.

Things become complicated if there are enough people to complexify them.

The mark of greatness is when everything before you is obsolete, and everything after you bears your mark.

As you love His children, Heavenly Father will guide you, and angels will assist you.You will be given power to bless lives and rescue souls.

[Completely bored by a country weekend, wiring to a friend:] For heaven's sake, rush me a loaf of bread, enclosing saw and file.

Sometimes letting things go is an act of far greater power than defending or hanging on.

It is easy to see the faults of others... it is hard to see our own.

No country or people who are slaves to dogma and the dogmatic mentality can progress, and unhappily our country and people have become extraordinarily dogmatic and little-minded

It's a tough trick to be able to create an intelligent movie that has socio-political commentary, and also has the emotional and moving stuff, at the same time.

There are great disciplines from being a sportsman that you can transfer into being an artist. The preparation, the sacrifice, the constant desire to improve.