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

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.

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

I try to do the right thing at the right time. They may just be little things, but usually they make the difference between winning and losing.

Humans are about to grasp basic substances of all creations. When that moment comes, life or death are no longer matters.

There is always a way forward if the responsible parties are willing to act.

George Bush says, 'Gore's book needs a lot of explaining.' Of course, Bush says that about every book.

I wish everyone was a sci-fi geek because then there would be no violence in the world. There'd be no wars. There'd only be people e-mailing each other.

I tend to forget what I'm doing will ever be read while I'm writing it, and just get on with the task at hand.

Love is ridiculous. But love is also wonderful. And powerful. And Despereaux's love for the Princess Pea would prove, in time, to be all of these things: powerful, wonderful, and ridiculous.

Writing is thinking and thinking is hard work.

Humble yourself, you’ll grow greater than the world.Your Self will be revealed to you, without you.

I know all the new phrases: 'cowabunga,' 'radical,' cat's pajamas,' 'duh,' and 'hey, homie don't play that.

I've always been a conservative first.