I never killed anyone with my tuba.

I was 14 when I lost them [his front teeth]. The main thing was, we won that game, so I was the happiest. You hate to lose your teeth and the game, too.

You don't ever lose your dream. You don't give that up. I tell that to the players. If you don't have dreams, you don't have anything to live for.

One of the biggest mistakes one could make in life is to desperately force someone to love oneself. Without a doubt, its longevity would have the same fate as hoping to live on earth forever.

We only understand the true love of our lives when we bound ourself within the boundries of right and wrong.

That throbbing thing in my chest can hardly be called a heart. It has been wrung out and deformed into something merely functional. Nothing can revive it.

Stay aligned with your intentions and your good will find you.

The world has white people and black people in it. Even in Harlem.

The highest art is no art. The best form is no form.

Nature has placed mankind under the government of two sovereign masters, pain and pleasure.

That's my main thing: I want to be on the level those guys [Derrick Rose,Russell Westbrook, Kevin Durant] are on.

Mentors are available at all stages of your leadership life - early, middle and late. Seek them out and listen; absorb their knowledge and use it.

Never discourage anyone who continually makes progress, no matter how slow... even if that someone is yourself!