In many ways, my job in soccer was like my job in basketball now. I had to protect the goal. That was the name of the game, not letting the other team score.

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.

He lives happy and master of himself who can say as each day passes on, "I have lived.

He didn't sleep. His mother was too close. He could see every crease on her face, every worry line he'd ever given her.

...you never knew anybody completely. Not even yourself.

I could have played more complex stuff. I could have been a busier player. But that's not what I wanted to do. I played what I wanted to play.

A hexagonal piece of cheese is a lot better than a square piece of cheese.

Pull up your big girl panties and just do it.

Most novelists I know went through a period of intense self-examination and self-loathing after the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center. I certainly did.

I must be an anorexic because an anorexic looks in the mirror and sees a fat person.

Let's have some good, old-fashioned literature, with a virgin and a moral.

Resilience is the ability to attack while running away.