It's been a journey, the NBA. It's taken me a lot farther than I ever expected.

A winner is someone who recognizes his God-given talents, works his tail off to develop them into skills, and uses these skills to accomplish his goals.

Push yourself again and again. Don't give an inch until the final buzzer sounds.

Don't let winning make you soft. Don't let losing make you quit. Don't let your teammates down in any situation.

I've got a theory that if you give 100% all of the time, somehow things will work out in the end.

I learned what my weaknesses were and I went out the next day to turn those weaknesses intro strengths.

My coach told me, "Larry, no matter how much you work at it, there's always someone out there who's working just a little harder - if you take 150 practice shots, he's taking 200." And that drove me.

I wasn't real quick, and I wasn't real strong. Some guys will just take off and it's like, whoa. So I beat them with my mind and my fundamentals.

There are many times when you are better off practicing than playing; but most people just don't understand that

I don't think that once you get to one level, you can relax. You've got to keep pushing.

You're all playin' for second place.

We exaggerate misfortune and happiness alike. We are never either so wretched or so happy as we say we are.

Oh God, I'm awful at sports. In gym I just try and avoid getting hit in the face.

I've been grateful enough, smart enough to take the work with Ian McKellen in Gods And Monsters.

It's a poor thing to be sane!

I try to not to be a celebrity as much as possible.

I think that if you idealise someone for so long, they can only disappoint and I wouldn't want to be disappointed by those people.

If you complain, you’re ‘playing the victim’; if you don’t complain, you are a victim.

Detroit, the heart of the country... I grew up on 10 Mile, 2 miles better than 8 Mile.

I think I'm going to be stereotyped forever, but I'm not scared of being stereotyped.

You know every stage of your life has an impact on you.