I think black Americans expect too much from individual black Americans in terms of changing the status quo.

You can't win unless you learn how to lose.

One man can be a crucial ingredient on a team, but one man cannot make a team.

I would suggest that teachers show their students concrete examples of the negative effects of the actions that gangsta rappers glorify.

High school dropouts are forfeiting their opportunity to pursue the American Dream.

I think that the good and the great are only separated by the willingness to sacrifice.

My most memorable moment came in 1985 as we beat the Boston Celtics.

Five guys on the court working together can achieve more than five talented individuals who come and go as individuals.

Good thoughts are no better than good dreams, unless they are executed.

I think the NBA players have to be held accountable in a reasonable way, just like any other professionals.

If ISIS represents Islam, then the KKK represents Christianity

Vampires have credit cards?""We're undead, not Amish.

My dreams are all of fire – mother says dreams usually go by opposites, so does that mean the world will end in ice?

My mom is a yoga instructor: 100% black with dreadlocks.

Good families are generally worse than any others.

Selling - at its core - is not a business transaction. It is first and foremost the forging of a human connection.

One rose is enough for the dawn

I don't want to die. Please don't let me die.

I certainly didn't have a nanny.

If you can sense the corruption in me, it is ... because there's a dose of it in you.

Traveler is my only companion; I may also say my pleasure. He and I, whenever practicable, wander out in the mountains and enjoy sweet confidence.