As far as carrying the torch for the years to come, I don't know. I just want to be the best basketball player I can be.

I have nothing in common with lazy people who blame others for their lack of success.

Everyting negative - pressure, challenges - is all an opportunity for me to rise.

It's not about the number of hours you practice, it's about the number of hours your mind is present during the practice

These young guys are playing checkers. I'm out there playing chess.

Great things come from hard work and perseverance. No excuses.

I'll do whatever it takes to win games, whether it's sitting on a bench waving a towel, handing a cup of water to a teammate, or hitting the game-winning shot.

Heroes come and go, but legends are forever.

I can't relate to lazy people. We don't speak the same language. I don't understand you. I don't want to understand you.

I've known for a long time that they're a bunch of idiots.

The most important thing, the thing that unites all of us, is that we can INSPIRE and CHALLENGE one another TO BE BETTER.

It is a sign of arrogance to be mad at someone for not acting as per your advice, especially if it was unsolicited.

The hardest thing is to take less when you can get more.

I had all those cable networks reporting to me, I had a number of windows in my office and I had all the corporate perks you could possibly imagine, but that wasn't what I was about, so I left.

I like money, but I want status.

I always thought a yard was three feet, then I started mowing the lawn.

At Jaffa in Syria and among the Nomads in Arabia, are lakes of enormous size that yield very large masses of asphalt, which are carried off by the inhabitants thereabouts.

No one drives in Manhattan - in fact, many of the folks who live in Manhattan don't even have driving licenses!

Know that you will eventually have to leave everything behind; the writing will demand it of you.

Money brings some happiness. But after a certain point, it just brings more money.

Washington D.C. is about 300 square miles surrounded by realty.