It's all about guts. I've had so many ups and downs, I'm not scared of being down.

I'm fully aware that every time I do anything, good or bad, somebody's watching.

If it ain't rough, it ain't right

I get a lot more confidence winning games playing defense than winning the run-and-gun game.

Even when it's midnight, people are watching you. It's difficult to be in the spotlight all the time.

I play harder when my family is watching.

In the NBA, it's about patience.

This is a tough, tough life when things aren't going your way.

I'm never nervous. Not in high school, not in college. That's just the way I am.

Hardship bred a bitter, quickfire humour and resilience to all but the most terminal of life's tragedies.

Every morning we get a chance to be different. A chance to change. A chance to be better. Your past is your past. Leave it there. Get on with the future part, honey

Empathy is the faculty to resonate with the feelings of others. When we meet someone who is joyful, we smile. When we witness someone in pain, we suffer in resonance with his or her suffering.

Where once the student was taught that the unexamined life was not worth living, he is now taught that the profitably lived life is not worth examining.

There is no wrong way to have a body.

There is a lot of advice on baby feeding, but almost nothing on how to help crying babies.

You don't have to live up to anyone's expectations, just be the best you can be

I was also interested in formulating the path of chemical reactions.

Life is going forth; death is returning home.

Souls of prayer are souls of great silence