That's kind of what I want to do-set my own trend in the basketball world.

Anytime I mess up, even if it's a simple turnover, that affects me.

I never understood the whole point of opposing or hating someone else's happiness.

My dad taught me that you have to work hard for anything you want in life, and I wanted to be good at playing basketball.

Awards, they come and go. The main thing is it's all about team.

I know there are expectations, but I don't let them affect mt game. I just play basketball.

I just like to play anything that's competitive. If I'm not competing against somebody, then I might as well play something I can enjoy.

You don't have to do all that shakin' and bakin' to get to the goal and make a shot.

I don't think there is a city we've been to that someone didn't know who I was. People know who I am before I touch the ball.

Going to LSU was the right move for me. It taught me to be independent.

I don't really plan on working a 9-to-5 job. I want to own my own business.

Why, I can't help wondering, is God thought to need such ferociousdefence? One might have supposed him amply capable of lookingafter himself.

If you can't change your fate change your attitude.

Baseball will miss Steinbrenner. He did a lot of great things-and some not so great-but it's a sad day for baseball, no doubt about it. He was a winner, and he made the Yankees a winner.

Erasing national borders does not make people safer or more prosperous. It undermines democracy and trades away prosperity.

You can learn not to want what you want, to recognize desires but not be controlled by them.

Art may varnish and gild, but it can do no more.

I'm a person who likes to develop. I like for people to see me grow.

And empathy is narrow; it connects us to particular individuals, real or imagined, but is insensitive to numerical differences and statistical data.

She glared at him. "You're doing it again." "What?" "That thing that irritates me." "Smiling?" "Yes. That.

What the vengeance, could he not speak 'em fair?