I was not a great ballhandler. I just worked very hard at it, and I got to be a good ballhandler-a competent ballhandler-but never a great ballhandler.

To be candid with you, free agency hurts all sports. It's great for athletes making an enormous amount of money. But to say it helps the sports, I don't believe that.

You can't get much done in life if you only work on the days when you feel good.

Don't let talent get in way of team performance. Great players do what's outstanding for team, not what makes them stand out

Confidence is a lot of this game or any game. If you don't think you can, you won't.

I've seen a lot in my life. I've seen a lot of winning. I've seen a lot of testing times. I think when you're tested, you really find out what you're made of.

To have harmony on a team, you need a coach who can get inside the head of every player and get them all pulling in one direction.

Anything can happen with hard work and dedication

When it's time for me to walk away from something, I walk away from it. My mind, my body, my conscience tell me that enough is enough.

When time is running out and the score is close, most players are thinking, I don't want to be the one to lose the game, but I'm thinking, What do I have to do to win?

I'm just ultracompetitive. I will be till they put me in the grave.

Jealous, adj. Unduly concerned about the preservation of that which can be lost only if not worth keeping.

The nice thing about the gallery shows is that without having to pay any money you can just go and see it.

Human paleontology shares a peculiar trait with such disparate subjects as theology and extraterrestrial biology: it contains more practitioners than objects for study.

I think Apple is a great device company.

Anything you don't understand is dangerous until you do understand it.

Country music fans are extremely passionate and loyal. It seems that country artists have longer-lasting careers because the fans stick with the artists through thick and thin.

I feel somewhat responsible for the Borders Books bankruptcy.

Never demean yourself by talking back to a critic, never. Write those letters to the editor in your head, but don't put them on paper.

To the world you may be one person, but to one person you may be the world.

I don't want to stop you. I want you to stop yourself.