It's the person who has done nothing who is sure nothing can be done.

People complain that pro athletes make a lot of money; but what they don't understand is that we need a lot of money because we spend a lot of money.

The greatest players fit with the team. They play within the team's style, rather than asking the team to change its style.

Everybody keeps telling me how surprised they are with what I've done. But I'm telling you honestly that it doesn't surprise me. I knew I could do it.

We feel that we are fighting for our lives and our livelihoods.

If I want to average 32 points a game, I can do that easily. It's just eight, eight, eight, eight. No problem. I can do that anytime. That's not being cocky. That's confidence.

I've been an assistant for seven years now and I haven't had one head coaching interview. I'm doing something wrong.

We might make a lot of money but, we also spend a lot of money.

Brooklyn, it's a great town, a great city. It's New York.

Every parent wants to see their kids excel.

Everybody always thinks the grass is always greener.

Proper teaching is recognized with ease. You can know it without fail because it awakens within you that sensation which tells you this is something you have always known.

For even in the pit of darkness, the beacon of humanity can always shine through.

A literary work can only be received through symbols, through concepts - for that is what words are; but cinema, like music, allows for utterly direct, emotional, sensuous perception of the work.

The great corporations of this country were not founded by ordinary people. They were founded by people with extraordinary intelligence, ambition, and aggressiveness.

When we become overly concerned about our appearance, our spiritual reputation, our coolness, and our acceptance, we are living as citizens of this world rather than as ambassadors.

Governments that invest billions in new hardware still find it hard to accept that they might benefit just as much from systematic innovation in such things as child development or cutting crime.

What other significance can our existence have than to be ourselves fully and completely?

Taxation is the price we pay for failing to build a civilized society. The higher the tax level, the greater the failure.

Whether the pitcher hits the stone or the stone hits the pitcher, it goes ill with the pitcher.

Wheels of fire, cosmic, rich, full-bodied honest victories over desperation.