Basketball has been my life and I worked at it so hard because I enjoyed it so much.

A winner is someone who recognizes his God-given talents, works his tail off to develop them into skills, and uses these skills to accomplish his goals.

Push yourself again and again. Don't give an inch until the final buzzer sounds.

Don't let winning make you soft. Don't let losing make you quit. Don't let your teammates down in any situation.

I've got a theory that if you give 100% all of the time, somehow things will work out in the end.

I learned what my weaknesses were and I went out the next day to turn those weaknesses intro strengths.

My coach told me, "Larry, no matter how much you work at it, there's always someone out there who's working just a little harder - if you take 150 practice shots, he's taking 200." And that drove me.

I wasn't real quick, and I wasn't real strong. Some guys will just take off and it's like, whoa. So I beat them with my mind and my fundamentals.

There are many times when you are better off practicing than playing; but most people just don't understand that

I don't think that once you get to one level, you can relax. You've got to keep pushing.

You're all playin' for second place.

People can always say I don't look impressive enough, but they can't argue over how strong I am once I punch them in the face.

The prince of darkness is a gentleman.

Whenever we went on a trip, picnic, or business trip, I was always with my dad, and I would just always be in contact with cosmonauts, and I thought it would be always normal to be with them.

Knowledge does not keep any better than fish.

A novelist is a man who doesn't like his mother.

We are not going to play them; they are going to play us.

I used to play football for Real Madrid, and to be on stage for two hours, I can tell you it takes the same amount of strength.

I am completely convinced that UFOs have an out-of-world basis.

I like singing as much as I like acting, and all through high school I thought I might be a Broadway singer.