Hard work only pays off when it meets the right plan of action.

If I would have listened to other people back in 2000 telling me I should have stopped playing basketball because of a kidney disease, I wouldn't have won a world championship.

If I'm a faggot spell it right, I got way more than two G's

No amount of skill on the part of the actress can make up for the loss of youth.

See, ya are what ya are in this world. That's either one of two things: Either you're somebody, or you ain't nobody.

Not everyone likes sports. Gandhi and Malcolm X come to mind.

I think books should have secrets, like people do.

The youngest child in any family is always a jokemaker, because a joke is the only way he can enter into an adult conversation.

We strive always to have a beginner's mind.

Through service to others, we develop a Christlike love and we experience joy. Service teaches patience and long-suffering as well as gentleness, goodness, and faith.

There's no such thing as a writer's block. If you're having trouble writing, well, pick up the pen and write. No matter what, keep that hand moving. Writing is really a physical activity.