You can't have a dream come true if you don't have a dream. You can't write a book if you don't write.

That’s all you really hope for from a book – that it’s going to resonate with young people and empower them in some way. I believe poetry can get kids reading.

Because Dad told you he'd be here forever. Because I thought forever was like Mars -- far away.

Basketball Rule #5When you stopplayingyour gameyou've alreadylost.

Bullies don't like to fight, son. They like to win. Being afraid is normal. The only fight you really have to win is the one against the fear.

Basketball Rule #6A great teamhas a good scorerwith a teammatewho's on pointand readyto assist.

Basketball Rule #4If you missenough of life'sfree throwsyou will payin the end.

Even after thousands of years, I want to live in your heart with love, joy, and care.

When we shrink from the sight of something, when we shroud it in euphemism, that is usually a sign of inner conflict, of unsettled hearts, a sign that something has gone wrong in our moral reasoning.

Her heart was an invalid convinced that it would not survive many more sunsets.

At the end of the day, we all know what the Jordan logo means, and you can't take anything away from that. But it's pretty cool to have my own logo on a Jordan shoe.

…find freedom, aliveness, and power not from what contains, locates, or protects us, but from what dissolves, reveals, and expands us.

I don't have anything to say in any picture.

We assume that good-looking people are smarter and more effective than they really are, and that homely people are the reverse.

To be well dressed is a little like being in love

It's so hard when contemplated in advance, and so easy when you do it.

Resistance to the disturbance is the disturbance.