When somebody asks about the greatest players in history, I start with Bill Russell. More than the best player is the MVP, and the MVP in the history of team sports is Bill Russell.

Discipline is knowing what to do. Knowing when to do it. Doing it to the best of your abilities. Doing it that way every single time.

The will to succeed is important, but what's more important is the will to prepare.

Most people have the will to win, few have the will to prepare to win.

If the NBA were on channel 5 and a bunch of frogs making love were on channel 4, I'd watch the frogs, even if they were coming in fuzzy.

In order to achieve to achieve positive results, one must work for them, not hope for them

Everybody wants to be on a championship team, but nobody wants to come to practice.

I don't believe in luck, I believe in preparation.

You play ball against yourself; your opponent is your potential.

Don't fight the rabbits. If you fight the rabbits, the elephants are going to kill you.

We should not have to push you to work hard, you should work hard because you want to be a great player.

A man's true wealth is the good he does in this world.

I'm nothing, I'm not even here

I wrote 'Reaching for the Moon' because I wanted to tell kids that all of us have a moon, a dream, that we can strive for. Even if you don't attain it, you can at least reach for it.

It is okay not to like someone, but it is never okay to try and degrade, humiliate, or dehumanize them.

Children have a right to some stability and constancy from the adults in their lives.

It is impossible to give a soldier a good education without making him a deserter. His natural foe is the government that drills him.

In Swaraj, based on ahimsa, people need not know their rights, but it is also necessary for them to know their duties.

You must always be able to predict what's next and then have the flexibility to evolve.

I'm not affected by violence the way some people are. I don't know why, but I enjoy that intensity.

One day I get to that spot where I've discovered the secret to the maze, and then I've got free running the rest of the way. It's a great feeling.