Growing up, my parents were very, very strict. And then I went to UCLA with John Wooden, who was just off the charts.

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.

I look down and see little kids in the audience and I'm like, "Oh man, I hope I'm not poisoning these kids!"

God asks no man whether he will accept life. That is not the choice. You must take it. The only choice is how.

When you stand on the victory stand, you must be able to ask yourself: 'Did I win this medal?'

Some people meet me sometimes and they sit down and talk to me for a while and ask me my name and say, 'Oh, you're the guy'.

One of those professional drivers hit one of those blockade barriers. It was the first car accident I have ever been in, so I was a little startled.

Imitation is the sincerest form of insecurity.

If you're reluctant to weep, you won't live a full and complete life.

Miracles start to happen when you give as much energy to your dreams as you do to your fears.

So you should always stay on top of people's vesting schedules.

This was a good dinner enough, to be sure, but it was not a dinner to ask a man to.