If not for the success that medicine has made, I might be part of a much different story right now.

You can't win unless you learn how to lose.

One man can be a crucial ingredient on a team, but one man cannot make a team.

I would suggest that teachers show their students concrete examples of the negative effects of the actions that gangsta rappers glorify.

High school dropouts are forfeiting their opportunity to pursue the American Dream.

I think that the good and the great are only separated by the willingness to sacrifice.

My most memorable moment came in 1985 as we beat the Boston Celtics.

Five guys on the court working together can achieve more than five talented individuals who come and go as individuals.

Good thoughts are no better than good dreams, unless they are executed.

I think the NBA players have to be held accountable in a reasonable way, just like any other professionals.

If ISIS represents Islam, then the KKK represents Christianity

I faced a fear and on the other side I found passion. Don’t let fear hold you back, you never know what you might find.

The boundary to what we can accept is the boundary to our freedom.

I say I haven't lost my religion. I've lost my ideology.

And I definitely do that very British thing of, take things with a pinch of salt, stiff upper lip, you know what I mean?

We have a drinking game in Australia, it's called drinking.

All language designers are arrogant. Goes with the territory.

The essential thing is not to have conquered but to have fought well.

There are two ways of reaching the people. One way is to invite them to come to you, the other way is to go to them.

Nobly to live, or else nobly to die,Befits proud birth.

I like to wear platform heels onstage and they're actually hard to find. But fans started putting money in them - so now they are filled with tons of bills. It's pretty amazing.