I wanted to make the lightest shoe possible, but still be able to perform at the same time.

Every Morning You Have Two Choices: Continue To Sleep With Your Dreams, Or Wake Up and Chase Them.

I believe that you should put the right people around you, people that will not let anything go wrong.

Family time is the best time.

Nobody should expect more of you than you expect of yourself.

Always stay true to yourself. Some people will like it, some people won't. Life goes on.

Allen Iverson is a ball hog. You will never win a championship with him on your team.

Success is the result of psychologically preparing for it, prior to achieving it!

You've got to have fun on the court. If you ain't having fun, then basketball ain't fun.

When I was young, I was sold on winning. I was always serious on the court. As I got older, I realized that it was just a basketball game. Just go out there and have fun.

At this point in my career I'm not concerned about the money, it's about winning. Nothing else even matters.

The future starts within a second from now.The past was, within a second ago.

I never had any friends later on like the ones I had when I was 12 - Jesus, did you?

If you don't know yourself then take time to find yourself

The finest lesson I've learned with age is that all I need is a small team of comrades who inspire me, try not to judge me, and remind me when I'm judging myself.

When the other man has none, you don't need a gun.

The way to know about championship quality is to learn from champions, and that I did; studying them with professional purpose during my time in the ring and from habitual interest afterward.

Keeping busy: This is a problem that you're glad to have.

For a new type of progress throughout the world to become a reality, everyone must change. Tolerance is the alpha and omega of a new world order.

It is vain philosophy that supposes more causes than are exactly adequate to explain the phenomena of things.

As to the rest, I am no more guilty of imitating 'real life' than'real life' is responsible for plagiarizing me.