The disconnect lasted too long. I think people got the idea I was sullen and couldn't communicate, which wasn't true.

You can't win unless you learn how to lose.

One man can be a crucial ingredient on a team, but one man cannot make a team.

I would suggest that teachers show their students concrete examples of the negative effects of the actions that gangsta rappers glorify.

High school dropouts are forfeiting their opportunity to pursue the American Dream.

I think that the good and the great are only separated by the willingness to sacrifice.

My most memorable moment came in 1985 as we beat the Boston Celtics.

Five guys on the court working together can achieve more than five talented individuals who come and go as individuals.

Good thoughts are no better than good dreams, unless they are executed.

I think the NBA players have to be held accountable in a reasonable way, just like any other professionals.

If ISIS represents Islam, then the KKK represents Christianity

Beware of those who would try to talk you into believing that you are incapable of sailing the ship of your dream.

I don't know who the hell Paul Lynde is, or why he's funny, and I prefer it to be a mystery to me.

Prescription: 'Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, The Case Book of Sherlock Holmes. Take ten pages, twice a day, til end of course.

We should never allow computers to make inherently governmental decisions in terms of the application of military force, even if that's happening on the internet.

This argument has been codified in the twentieth century as meritocracy, in which those on top in the process of capitalist accumulation have merited their position.

If you do the bare minimum, expect bare minimum results. You want to be great, work to be great. Nothing just happens

Leisure unmasks our weaknesses.

When an illiterate gets angry, you'll get to understand that calmness is probably a sign of education.

People tend to rally around power.

Never, ever, ever wear anything you are uncomfortable in. Because that is what you'll project: 'I look like a fool.'