Where else but the NBA could people like Bill Russell, Spencer Haywood, Ricky Barry, Dennis Rodman, and Allen Iverson come in and be allowed to be who they are?

I don't sleep much. I'm on the go. My mind is racing. My wife says my mind is like the rolling dials on a slot machine. So, yeah, I think about everything.

Winning is about having the whole team on the same page.

Basketball is one of those rare opportunities where you can make a difference, not only for yourself, but for other people as well.

Mick Jagger is in better shape than far too many NBA players. It's up in the air whether the same can be said of Keith Richards.

I could smell colors, I could feel sounds.

Love is the single most powerful and important word and notion in culture and language. Until the power of love supersedes the love of power we have no chance of ever being successful.

But you have to understand, my beard is so nasty. I mean, it's the only beard in the history of Western civilization that makes Bob Dylan's beard look good.

Never forget - happiness ends when selfishness begins.

No matter how good you get, there's always something further out there.

I believe in science and evolution. I've been to the Grand Canyon.

The mystery of the moment is indescribable.

The goal of life isn't to make lots of money. Its to make a life that means EXCLUSIVE.

In order to change we must be sick and tired of being sick and tired.

I really love both acting and singing equally.

Strength is the morality of the man who stands out from the rest, and it is mine.

Once you perceive, you pursue. Once you pursue, you receive.

That which impels man to do the right thing is God.

And the vision that I had when I decided to come here is all coming true. Through adversity, through everything we've been through, we've been able to persevere ... It's an unbelievable feeling.

Whenever your feeling is in conflict with your wish, feeling will be the victor.

The extremist, isolationist policies of Jean-Marie Le Pen have been rejected and crushed