Jackie Robinson, as an athlete and as someone who was trying to make a stand for equality, he was exemplary.

You can't win unless you learn how to lose.

One man can be a crucial ingredient on a team, but one man cannot make a team.

I would suggest that teachers show their students concrete examples of the negative effects of the actions that gangsta rappers glorify.

High school dropouts are forfeiting their opportunity to pursue the American Dream.

I think that the good and the great are only separated by the willingness to sacrifice.

My most memorable moment came in 1985 as we beat the Boston Celtics.

Five guys on the court working together can achieve more than five talented individuals who come and go as individuals.

Good thoughts are no better than good dreams, unless they are executed.

I think the NBA players have to be held accountable in a reasonable way, just like any other professionals.

If ISIS represents Islam, then the KKK represents Christianity

Some of my best thinking is done by others.

Him that yon soars on golden wing, guiding the fiery-wheelèd throne, the Cherub Contemplation.

At this point of my life, I'm not out to protect anybody. I'm out to protect seven people, and they all have the last name Armstrong.

The spiritual quest begins, for most people, as a search for meaning.

The Jewish press in the USA is solely responsible for our poor publicity.

You have to be careful when you're doing an interview.

The more we take the less we become, the fortune of one man means less for some.

He mocks proud mockers but gives grace to the humble. from the Book of Proverbs

What though my winged hours of bliss have been, Like angel visits, few and far between.

'Realistic dreamer' is not an oxymoron.