I've had 36 orthopedic operations, have two fused ankles, my knees, hands and wrists don't work, I now have a fused spine, other than that, everything is great.

I don't sleep much. I'm on the go. My mind is racing. My wife says my mind is like the rolling dials on a slot machine. So, yeah, I think about everything.

Winning is about having the whole team on the same page.

Basketball is one of those rare opportunities where you can make a difference, not only for yourself, but for other people as well.

Mick Jagger is in better shape than far too many NBA players. It's up in the air whether the same can be said of Keith Richards.

I could smell colors, I could feel sounds.

Love is the single most powerful and important word and notion in culture and language. Until the power of love supersedes the love of power we have no chance of ever being successful.

But you have to understand, my beard is so nasty. I mean, it's the only beard in the history of Western civilization that makes Bob Dylan's beard look good.

Never forget - happiness ends when selfishness begins.

No matter how good you get, there's always something further out there.

I believe in science and evolution. I've been to the Grand Canyon.

The human spirit may be likened to the bounty of the sun shining on a mirror. The body of man, ... grows and develops through the animal spirit.

Howard's unbelievably nutty, politically incorrect style is probably the single biggest influence on me.

When the creative mind is unleashed and understands its true nature, it's unlimited. There's nothing you cannot do.

I don't think any player lives up to his potential, because people out there put you so high on a pedestal, you'll never be as good as they expect.

When I am writing, I'm very much on the ground, on the same ground my characters are treading.

When one has too great a dread of what is impending, one feels some relief when the trouble has come.

He had found my worst weakness: I was one of those people who was desperate to be needed, to matter to someone.

Her father guarded her, and she guarded herself; for there are no padlocks, bolts, or bars, that secure a maiden better than her own reserve.

Thank you for nothing.

As a rule, I think they are quite impossible. Geniuses talk so much, don't they? Such a bad habit! And they are always thinking about themselves, when I want them to be thinking about me.