I played all kinds of sports when I was young: tennis, handball, basketball, some soccer. I focused on basketball when I was 16 or 17 and then came to the U.S. when I was 20.

If you do the best you can, you have nothing to be ashamed of. A defeat is not a disgrace.

I always wanted to be a basketball player. Nothing more, nothing less.

I thought basketball was a game for women. My mother played basketball, and so did my sister.

I know, basketball is a dance. I didn't understand the significance of that type of training at first. I was supposed to read poems.

Growing up, my idols were Lucky Luke and Jolly Jumper. And Scottie Pippen.

I'm not the kind of guy who just goes up to women.

This feeling to be on the best team of the world is just indescribable.

I want to raise a family and have a couple of small Dirks running around. But it will not be easy to win my heart.

I came up with my own 'Dream Shake' I guess - the white version.

I lost control of myself a couple times in the playoffs. I have to keep cooler in the future.

I am moonlighting for the Buddha.

God does not just save you for your personal interest but for you to become a channel for the salvation of others

Avoid and ignore the idiots who try to bring you down in life

My best ideas come when I distance myself from day-to-day operations. It gives me more focus.

Though statisticians in our time have never kept the score man wants a great deal here below and Woman even more.

I'm a hard worker and I really give to my fans through my shows.

As you get older, it gets harder to get rid of that belly but I do a lot of cardio to try to stay in shape.

The thing that impressed everyone when he same on the scene as a 17 year old was he already spoke like a man. (on Michael Owen)

The older I get, the more centered I become and the more I think I really know about myself. What I know is that what other people do doesn't really have any effect on me.

The whole financial industry is consolidating in the United States.