Play because it's fun, and not to become a pro. If your goal is to become pro, the best way to realize that is by loving what you do.

I believe that the measure of a person's life is the affect they have on others.

The guys that improve every year are those that are always adding something to their game.

It's important for us, if we're going to be a good team, to be a good defensive team in the fourth quarter.

People have always doubted whether I was good enough to play this game at this level. I thought I was, and I thought I could be. What other people thought was really always irrelevant to me.

I learned at a young age to dribble with both hands, and that allows me to be more creative when I go against bigger and stronger opponents.

The NBA has the best point guards in the world, so it is important that I come ready to play every night.

My best move is probably my pull up jump shot.

My approach has been that a player with determination and a willingness to work harder than anyone else can accomplish anything. It's a simple formula. I've found it works.

We were excited to win, staying undefeated is just the icing.

I don't care what other people say. I fight every day to be the best player I can.

You don't make peace with friends. You make it with very unsavory enemies.

Blood Life is not hunger. It’s freedom.

I don’t mind my friends calling me 'Thornes, ' but the fact of people calling me 'Prickly Thornes' draws the line.

Even if you aren't independent or career wise, at least show that you have a passion for life and an optimistic outlook.

Train a child in the way he should go and when he is old he will not depart from it.

My mom has always been my support system. She taught me to never give up and to keep pursuing my passions no matter what.

You get somebody to crack a smile, that's a beautiful thing.

The question is: Particularly in the post-9/11 era, are societies becoming more liberal or more authoritarian?

Criticism is just someone's opinion you don't agree with!

Over the past 20 years, I have presented many science programmes on BBC1. But none is, I think, more socially important, or of more human interest, than this ongoing series of 'Child of Our Time.'