Im not the type of person to point fingers at anybody, and I dont want anybody saying anything to me. There are situations where balls are bounced to your feet you dont say anything.

I was the first athlete, from a training standpoint, with Adidas to have their own signature shoe.

The definition of swagger, in my opinion, is you have to have that arrogance, that confidence that you are the best out there at all times.

I know talent when I see it. I know frauds when I see 'em. I know players that can play and can't play.

I never really called people out. It was more along the lines of teasing a person. It started for me in fifth grade on the basketball court.

At the end of the day, all I want to do is protect my kids.

So many times in my life, people have tried to make me a failure.

Sometimes life was like smoking in silence, without thinking where and when you are !

One must have sorrow to truly appreciate joy.

She smells like spring and flowers and rain, even though it’s winter. Sometimes, he thinks he loves her so much that his mind is unable to distinguish between love and obsession. Which is worse?

Hatred only tarnishes the soul that carries it.

Often a man endures for several years, submits and suffers the cruellest punishments, and then suddenly breaks out over some minute trifle, almost nothing at all.

When you dig another out of their troubles you find a place to bury your own.

Not reading poetry amounts to a national pastime here.

I have an apartment in Brooklyn - I guess I call it my shrine. I go there to create and recoup, or hibernate sometimes, but my home is in Dallas where I live with my children.

Today, Academies of Science use their influence around the world in support of human rights.

My parents both worked full time. I remember a lot of simple meals. Everything I know about cooking is self-schooled.