We're all products of our environment. The key is not to fall.

My grandma always said bad things don't last forever.

I did some things I regret, and I know there are people who think they know me. I've heard the things they say, and some of them are hurtful.

You've got to play with pride and guts.

Either you can do it or you can't. I think I can overcome anything I put my mind to.

If I put my mind to something and really want it, I'll go after it and get it.

I've always felt that I'm a natural leader.

My grandmother was always upbeat, a naturally happy person. I think I got that from her.

I've always been taught to care what other people think. My grandmother and mother taught me to project a positive image of myself.

In New York, the dunk is not the thing. To break somebody down and shoot a J-that's as big as a dunk in New York.

Perception rules the world. Everyone knows that. Where we live and where we're from, you just can't escape it.

The duty of youth is to challenge corruption.

I am your fairy tale. Your dream. Your wishes and desires, and I am your thirst and your hunger and your food and your drink.

Pride works from within; it is the direct appreciation of oneself.

If you use social media right, you will piss people off. It's actually recommended!

There are so many third-rate people now who are more famous than people who should be famous, but sometimes people who could or should be famous are very boring, too.

I think the museum should be an arena in which ideals can hash it out, fight it out, tooth and nail, for attention.

Everybody has to be somebody to somebody to be anybody.

Given a choice between their worldview and the facts, it's always interesting how many people toss the facts.

You cannot change the past but you can start now and lay the foundation for the future.

Good physicians are rarely dispassionate. They agonize and self-doubt over patients.