Yelling doesn't get your point across, it only makes it louder.

The great thing about sports is you constantly have to prove yourself. You constantly have to go out there and do it, day in and day out.

Parents, they're strict on you when you're little, and you don't understand why. But as you get older, you understand and you appreciate it.

I know most of the black players who preceded and followed me at Duke. They all contribute to our tradition of excellence on the court.

People don't realize the amount of stress you put on your body both physically and mentally from just the wear and tear of a season.

I tried to make a point of doing things outside the box, of not having basketball consume me.

I am proud of my family. I am proud of my Duke championships and all my Duke teammates. And, I am proud I never lost a game against the Fab Five.

The accomplishments in college and even in the pros are more in my mind because you constantly see Duke on TV during basketball season. You constantly see the NBA.

Regardless of the obstacles or hurdles that are ahead of you, regardless of the opponent, regardless of the odds, your goal and objective always is to win. I think that's part of sports.

You can't write a story until you've felt it. Breathed it in. Walked with your characters. Talked with them. That's why you come here. To live your story.

Observation is a passive science, experimentation an active science.

The Government may not suppress lawful speech as the means to suppress unlawful speech.

During the lifetime of Japan I became very neurotic, very paranoid.

The first thing that strikes a visitor to Paris is a taxi.

And God help them both, if it hadn’t been for Saxton, Qhuinn would have dropped the l-word right then and there, even though the timing was stupid.

It is the show that keeps giving. Every night it offers something to society, and it offered something to every one of us. It brought us all together for a lifetime.

Stand-up and boxing are very similar. You're the only one out there, you're going into a fight, and you're going in with a game plan.

Wherever you go you will find your teacher, as long as you have the eyes to see and the ears to hear.

America's support for human rights and democracy is our noblest export to the world.