He shouldn't have been in the NBA, but we were too cheap to pay for a point guard.

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.

I'm perfect in being imperfect...

My message to the people and rulers of Pakistan is, 'As neighbours, we want peace and friendship and cooperation with you so that together we can change the face of South Asia.'

I never considered myself a songwriter, but now since I've been working with Nick Lowe, I am contributing to an extent. But I'm the guitarist and he's not, so we compliment each other in a way.

Raising wages is one of my top priorities.

Poetry creates life; Science dissects death.

When I write I pretend I'm telling a story to someone in the room and I don't want them to get up until I'm finished.

Surely all art is the result of one's having been in danger, of having gone through an experience all the way to the end, where no one can go any further.

Examine the legacy that we inherited and what we did. We had boom-and-bust economics and a doubled national debt.

I just see myself as a short, dumpy guy with bad feet, and I'm passionate.

You have to manage a system. The system doesn't manage itself.