When you lose, there is a whole bunch of room for negativity and I don't feed into this stuff and I do not do any talking. I don't run my mouth.

You have to go through good times and bad times to get where you're trying to go.

I don't want to be another Jordan, Magic, or Isiah. When my career is over, I want to be able to look in the mirror and say 'I did it my way'.

I'd rather have more heart than talent any day.

I play every game like it's my last game. All that matters is that you go out there and play every game as if it was your last.

I'm not perfect. But I am trying every day to concentrate on being better.

A jump shot can get you a shoe deal, a big house, a supermodel, fancy cars, a bunch of yes men, a Swiss bank account. But none of these things can get you a jump shot

Mistakes happen. But after a while you've got to stop making them happen twice.

When you are not practicing, someone else is getting better.

When I was young, everyone laughed at me when I said that I wanted to be a professional basketball player...now it's my turn to laugh.

If you're struggling with your shooting, then do other things on the basketball court. Get steals, get assists, get rebounds-do anything on the court to help the team win.

Our brains want God even as our minds debunk the divine.

The Earth is an animal that shakes off its fleas when they dig too deep, bite too hard.

The strange thing with Wikipedia is that the first article that ever gets written about you will define your Wikipedia page forever.

I've often been accused of being the comic's comic. It's a bad business model when your fans are the people who get in free.

It was in the year 1820, when I was nearly nine years old, that I first went to a regular school.

The most frequent promise in the Bible is ‘I will be with you.’

I once asked a hermit in Italy how he could venture to live alone, in a single cottage, on the top of a mountain, a mile from any habitation? He replied, that Providence was his next-door neighbor.

There may be other reasons for a man's not speaking in publick than want of resolution: he may have nothing to say.

We would love to see walking groups more widely recommended by physicians, health trainers and nurses.

It sounded like you were having Bella for lunch, and we came to see if you would share.