I'm not jumping through the gym by any means. But I don't need to be able to do that in order to be a great player.

I have nothing in common with lazy people who blame others for their lack of success.

Everyting negative - pressure, challenges - is all an opportunity for me to rise.

It's not about the number of hours you practice, it's about the number of hours your mind is present during the practice

These young guys are playing checkers. I'm out there playing chess.

Great things come from hard work and perseverance. No excuses.

I'll do whatever it takes to win games, whether it's sitting on a bench waving a towel, handing a cup of water to a teammate, or hitting the game-winning shot.

Heroes come and go, but legends are forever.

I can't relate to lazy people. We don't speak the same language. I don't understand you. I don't want to understand you.

I've known for a long time that they're a bunch of idiots.

The most important thing, the thing that unites all of us, is that we can INSPIRE and CHALLENGE one another TO BE BETTER.

Storms make trees take deeper roots.

I cannot kill someone, he thought.

Getting to the top is optional. Getting down is mandatory.

No one tells me what to do -- in any capacity.

The time will come when, with elation, you will greet yourself arriving at your own door, in your own mirror, and each will smile at the other’s welcome.

Whether it's a blatant homage or unconscious mimicry, the Rolling Stones have permanently, indelibly influenced how rock stars look and behave.

Moral disarmament is to safeguard the future; material disarmament is to save for the present, that there may be a future to safeguard.

I'm more liberated and happy than I've been my whole life. I'm just happy.

You don't get anything worth getting, by pretending to know things you don't know.

A commercial aircraft is a vehicle capable of supporting itself aerodynamically and economically at the same time.