Like I said, when you have to play against a great player every night, that defines who you are if you can compete on that same level night in and night out.

Asthma research is a lot better and new medicines are always coming out to help young people.

As long as they are medicated the right way with the asthma medicine they won't have any problems.

Nate Robinson has a lot of jumping ability, but I don't see Josh losing.

I used slam dunking as a tool for intimidation.

But I think role models also start in the home with your parents.

And I really believe that. Asthma is NOT a disability!

First off, do everything they can to give their kids the opportunities to play sports; asthma is not a deterrent to playing sports.

Charles and I go back since college. None of us thought this would happen, we just wanted to play basketball. This is the highest honor that can ever be paid, and it's mind-blowing.

The 50 greatest players don't matter when you're in the Hall of Fame. We all know that I was not one of the 50 greatest, I was one of the 25 greatest - in my mind.

You are only as good as your team.

The test of a good critic is whether he knows when and how to believe on insufficient evidence.

I'm worried about the traditional media, but I think the new media is a plus for democracy.

On vacation, you can wear all the colorful and casual clothing that you like, but you must always be elegant.

We all die. It's just a question of when and how horrible it's going to be.

It's so difficult to write good music. It's also really difficult to think about how to do it without violating the sanctity of the fourth wall.

I knew I wouldn't have another day off for a while, so I needed to get to London immediately.

No doubt men may easily think too little of God the Father, and God the Spirit, but no man ever thought too much of Christ.

To be a colored man in America ... and enjoy it, you must be greatly daring, greatly stolid, greatly humorous and greatly sensitive. And at all times a philosopher.

A system devolving power to the regions is the route to a viable Iraq.

We're all looking for the highest, fullest expression of ourselves as a human being.