My parents didn't have the opportunities that my wife and I have now, from a quality of life standpoint.

Fatherhood will put a man through a lot, but it's a tremendous job, the best in the world - even better than playing basketball.

You're at your best, when you're focused and you're serious and passionate about what you do, but at the same time you can relax and have fun and be confident.

The source of my power and strength is God, and I know it, without a shadow of a doubt.

I don't feel like basketball is the only way to make a living.

I feel like I'm capable of doing so many things to help people around the country and the world.

Nothing means more to me than helping my team win.

I've discovered new parts of my manhood, places I couldn't get to without loving someone else unconditionally and putting others before myself.

Life for me outweighs the game of basketball.

I am not a passenger in anything I do. I am and always will be a leader.

You have to work hard at things.

Actors always talk about taking their work home and I always think: 'What are you on? You just turn it off. You are at work and then you go home.'

What a chimera then is man. What a novelty! What a monster... what a contradiction, what a prodigy

I handle fame by not being famous...I'm not famous to me.

True revolution comes from true revulsion; when things get bad enough the kitten will kill the lion.

Prayer is our essential lifeline to God's throne and heart.

Countries are not like financial markets. Social change cannot be executed as swiftly as credit-default swaps. You cannot sell short on social commitments and practical responsibilities.

A man perfect to the finger tips.

I am fascinated by how people eat and what it reveals about them.

It was the most earnest ambition I ever had....Not that I ever really wanted to be a preacher, but because it never occurred to me that a preacher could be damned. It looked like a safe job.

Whether or not storms come, we can not choose. But where we stare during a storm, that we can.