I've always liked to shoot from the hip. This is the perfect fit for me ... I'm willing to earn my spurs, because once again, after 18 years I'm back to being a rookie.

Michael Jordan on his worst day is ten times better than Kobe Bryant on his best day.

I don't have the physical talent those guys have. My hard work has made me very good.

No matter how good you are, there's a lot of luck involved.

I want to say thank you to the great state of Indiana and all the fans.... Pacers Nation, Blue and Gold, thank you guys so much.

live as temporal, serve as eternal

Fools make feasts and wise men eat them.

Love isn't meant to hurt. But if it does, then it is absolutely not a true love.

We have to understand (this is another key piece) that there are some individuals who still need that drama, that experience of violence.

I think I'm a great organizer. Not that I'm organized, but I'm a great organizer of other people.

Humiliation is the beginning of sanctification.

The bird that would soar above the level plain of tradition and prejudice must have strong wings. It is a sad spectacle to see the weaklings bruised, exhausted, fluttering back to earth.

I have been trying to create a campaign to have our country make an apology for slavery, for the way that blacks were treated before the Civil War and after the Civil War.

One of the most wonderful things about having a positive attitude is the number of people it touches, many times in ways you'll never know.

Was there nought better than to enjoy? No feat which, done, would make time break, And let us pent-up creatures through Into eternity, our due? No forcing earth teach heaven's employ?