My mom always told me that I could be anything I wanted to be. And I truly, actually believed it. And I fought.

You have to go through good times and bad times to get where you're trying to go.

I don't want to be another Jordan, Magic, or Isiah. When my career is over, I want to be able to look in the mirror and say 'I did it my way'.

I'd rather have more heart than talent any day.

I play every game like it's my last game. All that matters is that you go out there and play every game as if it was your last.

I'm not perfect. But I am trying every day to concentrate on being better.

A jump shot can get you a shoe deal, a big house, a supermodel, fancy cars, a bunch of yes men, a Swiss bank account. But none of these things can get you a jump shot

Mistakes happen. But after a while you've got to stop making them happen twice.

When you are not practicing, someone else is getting better.

When I was young, everyone laughed at me when I said that I wanted to be a professional basketball player...now it's my turn to laugh.

If you're struggling with your shooting, then do other things on the basketball court. Get steals, get assists, get rebounds-do anything on the court to help the team win.

Thirty-five things have to go wrong for the best thing to happen in your career

Fearful of wasting a second, we hoard time as if it were money.

Avoid the tyranny of the reasonable voice...it will guarantee a complacency of never trying anything adventurous...

Still, language is resilient, and poetry when it is pressured simply goes underground.

A weak mind sinks under prosperity, as well as under adversity. A strong and deep mind has two highest tides - when the moon is at the full, and when there is no moon.

Fragile egos are put on the line every day.

Wrestling and boxing is like Ping-Pong and rugby. There's no connection.

Unto us all our days are love's anniversaries, each one In turn hath ripened something of our happiness.

Poetry is our heart, our spirit, our soul. Call it whatever; without it, everything else is nothing but hardware.

I never voted for anybody. I always voted against.