It never bothered me when people would say, 'You only win championships because you're playing with Shaq.' It bothered me when he said it.

I have nothing in common with lazy people who blame others for their lack of success.

Everyting negative - pressure, challenges - is all an opportunity for me to rise.

It's not about the number of hours you practice, it's about the number of hours your mind is present during the practice

These young guys are playing checkers. I'm out there playing chess.

Great things come from hard work and perseverance. No excuses.

I'll do whatever it takes to win games, whether it's sitting on a bench waving a towel, handing a cup of water to a teammate, or hitting the game-winning shot.

Heroes come and go, but legends are forever.

I can't relate to lazy people. We don't speak the same language. I don't understand you. I don't want to understand you.

I've known for a long time that they're a bunch of idiots.

The most important thing, the thing that unites all of us, is that we can INSPIRE and CHALLENGE one another TO BE BETTER.

We don't fall in love with someone. We discover love in someone!

Pain in life is inevitable.

YOU HAVE THE POWER TO KEEP THE LOVE ALIVE BUT TAKING IN CONSIDERATION WHAT IT IS IMPORTANT FOR YOUR MAN

Sadness is a moment in which the world took something from you. Depression is a lifetime of torment no matter what is said or done.

Learning is the source of growth and we become stagnant without it.

Despair is most often the offspring of ill-preparedness.

I think painting has that unique potential to project opposing viewpoints.

The best interviews like the best biographies should sing the strangeness and variety of the human race.

I was a child that both my parents wanted. I was told from the time I was born that I was totally satisfactory. I had a chance to be what I wanted to be.

I think my experience is going to make a difference, but I also think that my speed and power are going to make a bigger difference.