Sometimes if you talk trash, you end up taking out the garbage.

My mother and father stressed education and always made sure we had a place to study and books to read.

There were times my immaturity kept me from being all I wanted to be.

I'm concerned that young people, far too often, abdicate their responsibilities of learning and adapting and give that over to people who may not always have their best interests at heart.

One of the reasons why I enjoy college basketball a little more is because of its team orientation as opposed to individual orientation.

I've always been taught that basketball is a team game and greater than the sum of its parts.

This is why they started us here so young: to give ourselves away before the age when the questions 'why' and 'to what' grow real beaks and claws.

disregard the opinions of those you don't aspire to be, that's the first step to finding your own two feet.

I didn't know it would be black, " she murmured with a little smile.Horror flooded his face. "Oh, Christ!

His words back thenstill press down my throat with happiness and sorrow.

We’ve got to get the gun out of the hands of people who are supposed to be on neighborhood watch.

Life is full of ironies and paradoxes.

The air is like a butterfly With frail blue wings. The happy earth looks at the sky And sings.

If children could, if adults knew.

The game is supposed to be fun. If you had a bad day, don't worry. You can't expect to get a hit every game.