We do the best we can with what we know, and when we know better, we do better.

Nothing will work unless you do.

A bird doesn’t sing because it has an answer, it sings because it has a song.

Try to be a rainbow in someone's cloud.

We may encounter many defeats but we must not be defeated.

Nothing can dim the light which shines from within.

I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.

You may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated. Please remember that your difficulties do not define you. They simply strengthen your ability to overcome.

My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive; and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humor, and some style

If you are always trying to be normal you will never know how amazing you can be.

You may shoot me with your words, you may cut me with your eyes, you may kill me with your hatefulness, but still, like air, I'll rise!

If you're a bird... I'm a bird...

He responded with one of those looks of pity and amusement I was by now so used to getting, the kind that implied not only was my fly undone, but that there was nothing to see even if it was.

What God predetermine proves true!

By unspoken agreement, we all picked an invisible line in the cracked asphalt and toed it.

For years, I looked to Bruce Lee as a mentor as being a Chinese and Asian man living in this country.

I hate fishing, and I can't imagine why anyone would want to hike when you can get in the car and drive.

If I'd gone straight to the NBA, I don't think I would have been ready as a player or a person.

It is wisdom to know others. It is enlightenment to know oneself.

I do not know any way to explain why God's grace touches a man who seems unworthy of it.

All of the Chinese people, the Asian people say, "Oh Yao Ming, you are all the Chinese, all of Asia's hopes." That's a lot of pressure. I'm just a basketball player.