My choosing Islam was not a political statement; it was a spiritual statement.

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

With you, it's different. I can see the rest of my life before my eyes and that scares me a little. Men don't tame my wild heart but somehow I crossed your path and have never been the same since.

The task of the modern educator is not to cut down jungles, but to irrigate deserts.

Sometimes, you don't wake up.But if you happento, you know thingswill never bethe same.

If you want to succeed in the world you must make your own opportunities.

I think a nice romantic dinner should be saved for when you and the girl you're dating or seeing have something special and it's a more special occasion.

To talk about liberty and freedom is nice, lovely, but the important thing is to allow people to act in liberty and freedom.

The hand that wields the knife shall never wear the crown.

Women in Korean myths disappear after giving birth. The reason they were born is to produce sons.

It is quite easy for me to think of a God of love mainly because I grew up in a family where love was central and where lovely relationships were ever present.

Men hate those to whom they have to lie.