The Kobe 8 is about enhanced performance. It's the most comfortable shoe I have worn. It's simplistic but has an edge to it.

I have nothing in common with lazy people who blame others for their lack of success.

Everyting negative - pressure, challenges - is all an opportunity for me to rise.

It's not about the number of hours you practice, it's about the number of hours your mind is present during the practice

These young guys are playing checkers. I'm out there playing chess.

Great things come from hard work and perseverance. No excuses.

I'll do whatever it takes to win games, whether it's sitting on a bench waving a towel, handing a cup of water to a teammate, or hitting the game-winning shot.

Heroes come and go, but legends are forever.

I can't relate to lazy people. We don't speak the same language. I don't understand you. I don't want to understand you.

I've known for a long time that they're a bunch of idiots.

The most important thing, the thing that unites all of us, is that we can INSPIRE and CHALLENGE one another TO BE BETTER.

And each in the cell of himself is almost convinced of his freedom.

Educate every child for a good courage.

I think that's nice, and if I could have feelings at all I would have them for Deb.

Is it a sin to hold something more important than your life? Should I be condemned for that?

Right now, the leadership in Iran is telling their citizens one thing. Our President is telling us another.

Devotion is about you. Maybe you use another object as inspiration, but you change your quality; you walk more joyfully, gently upon this planet.

God deliberately chooses weak, suffering and unlikely candidates to get His work done, so that in the end, the glory goes to God and not to the person.

Forgiveness is the ultimate preventive medicine, as well as the greatest healer.

The act of giving expands one's entire life experience because nothing is more fulfilling than one's capacity to give.

A spoon full of honey gets more flies than a barrel full of vinegar.