I learned very quickly that the NBA is a very rough place, physically and mentally. There's no mercy.

If you want to be successful, you are going to have to deal with pressure.

You can't be afraid to get back up and try again, and you really can't do that unless you acknowledge the failure.

I'm real conscious about money still. That's how I came up and you can't shake that.

Leaders set the tone for their peers. Peers look up to them and say, 'They're doing it, so I'm doing it.'

Sometimes you surprise yourself with what you do under pressure.

Experience has taught me a lot, and I don't want to let that fall by the wayside.

If somebody attacks me with words, I'm always like, Do you know me? Do you know me that well? Let's have a beer and talk about it.

I wouldn't like to make anybody cry, I don't dislike anybody. It doesn't even matter - the opponent is always faceless.

I can motivate myself fine just by wanting to be my best.

The stereotype of a leader is one who talks and peps people up and things like that, but in actuality you have to listen to your teammates.

He'd have to be blinder than a bat. ~Alexander

In art, immorality cannot exist. Art is always sacred.

It is your understanding that is going to change your reality.

Liberality should be tempered with judgment, not with profuseness.

People treating you differently, when you don't feel any different, is really alienating.

Though we explore in a culturally-conditioned way, the reality we sketch is universal.

It never hurts to be involved in any political or activist organization. I can never see how participation would be a bad thing. The key is being true to what you participate with and who.

I read, I study, I examine, I listen, I reflect, and out of all of this I try to form an idea into which I put as much common sense as I can.

NO ONE is immune to the trials and tribulations of life.

I don't have a copy of my books, and the degree to which I never read them is profound. I never look.