I've now been in this country for thirteen years, since I was seventeen. So this is my second home.

I remember at the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta, Shaq always wanted me to show him steps over and over.

When you get to that level, it's not a matter of talent anymore - because all the players are so talented - it's about preparation, about playing smart and making good decisions.

The most important thing in a person's life is his faith and how he translates his faith into practical deeds.

Basketball is in my blood. It is my obligation to try.

I don't think Michael had to retire for us to get the spotlight, because when you win, it commands attention.

It's not up to anyone else to make me give my best.

God comes first. Paradise is not cheap.

I'm shy, but sometimes my voice is so clear and strong.

My background playing soccer gave me a natural advantage over many of the American-born players.

I always keep a ball in the car. You never know.

Talk lives in a man’s head, but sometimes it is very lonely because in the heads of many men there is nothing to keep it company - and so talk goes out through the lips.

One can not reflect in streaming water. Only those who know internal peace can give it to others.

Unless all ages and races of men have been deluded by the same mass hypnotist (who?), there seems to be such a thing as beauty, a grace wholly gratuitous.

Two passions have powerful influence on the affairs of men: the love of power and the love of money.

I'm the author of my own misery.

What a profound significance small things assume when the woman we love conceals them from us.

Only when you get into TV and film, do people really want you to be a 'specialist'.

Even in hell, if a man was a man, you'd know it.

Yet our small business owners across the country are unfairly losing potential interest income on a daily basis until the Business Checking Freedom Act becomes law.

I have no wish for a second husband. I had enough of the first. I like to have my own way to lie down mistress, and get up master.