He doesn't necessarily have to learn the sky hook. He just has to learn how to be an effective post player. I think I can help him do that.

You can't win unless you learn how to lose.

One man can be a crucial ingredient on a team, but one man cannot make a team.

I would suggest that teachers show their students concrete examples of the negative effects of the actions that gangsta rappers glorify.

High school dropouts are forfeiting their opportunity to pursue the American Dream.

I think that the good and the great are only separated by the willingness to sacrifice.

My most memorable moment came in 1985 as we beat the Boston Celtics.

Five guys on the court working together can achieve more than five talented individuals who come and go as individuals.

Good thoughts are no better than good dreams, unless they are executed.

I think the NBA players have to be held accountable in a reasonable way, just like any other professionals.

If ISIS represents Islam, then the KKK represents Christianity

More people would learn from their mistakes if they weren't so busy denying them

Making new good memories -possible, Going back in your good memories -impossible, Do possible and don't think about impossible -happiness.

Fortunately or unfortunately, the greatest authority on matters of life is life itself.

Anyone who believes in indefinite growth on a physically finite planet is either mad or an economist

You have the health you deserve.

I am free by compulsion, whether I wish to be or not.

Friendship is a serious affection; the most sublime of all affections, because it is founded on principle, and cemented by time.

We learn most not from all of the things that go right. We learn most when everything goes wrong.

Having the capacity to lead is not enough. The leader must be willing to use it.

Creativity is essential to any kind of joyful living. Sometimes I act, sometimes I draw, I paint, I write poems. I can't imagine living without it.