[When you're on fire] it feels like nobody's out there, you're playing by yourself. You don't care how good a defender is guarding you.

I play some fighting games, but mostly I just play sports.

I like to smile, even in intense situations. My opponents don't know how to react when they see me smile.

Everybody is different. Everybody has different styles. Just do it the best way you know how.

I don't care how I got here. In the books, when you look at it 10 or 20 years from now, it's not going say how he got here, it's going to say he's here and he represented the team.

Life's not real easy right now. But I guess I'd rather have it this way than not at all.

My first dunk was actually in sixth grade.

It's time for the truth: I want to be traded, I'm ready to be traded. First and foremost, this has nothing to do with the fans or the city, it's just time for me to look after me.

I just think people should be able to express themselves.

My old coach used to say two points was two points.

I don't want or need to gain respect with what I do off the court. I want respect for what I do on the court.

Believe in your passionate dreams.

Am I my brother's keeper?

They went into stores to get food to stay alive. Looting isn't the right word. I call it survival.

Referring the matter to a committee' can be a device for diluting authority, diffusing responsibility and delaying decisions.

A lot of people don't realize that when you're trying to lose weight, or just trying to stay fit, 85 percent of it is what you eat, and 15 percent of it is how you work out.

Chemistry ought to be not for chemists alone.

I don't have to shoot from more than two feet. I'm top 50. I've got 23,000 from where I shoot.

There was a good moment in Islam when people were actually challenging authority at every level. Very different from the world we live in.

No pain, no palm; no thorns, no throne; no gall, no glory; no cross, no crown.