I am proud of my family. I am proud of my Duke championships and all my Duke teammates. And, I am proud I never lost a game against the Fab Five.

The great thing about sports is you constantly have to prove yourself. You constantly have to go out there and do it, day in and day out.

Parents, they're strict on you when you're little, and you don't understand why. But as you get older, you understand and you appreciate it.

Yelling doesn't get your point across, it only makes it louder.

I know most of the black players who preceded and followed me at Duke. They all contribute to our tradition of excellence on the court.

People don't realize the amount of stress you put on your body both physically and mentally from just the wear and tear of a season.

I tried to make a point of doing things outside the box, of not having basketball consume me.

The accomplishments in college and even in the pros are more in my mind because you constantly see Duke on TV during basketball season. You constantly see the NBA.

Regardless of the obstacles or hurdles that are ahead of you, regardless of the opponent, regardless of the odds, your goal and objective always is to win. I think that's part of sports.

Success will not come to you like a baby who came to his mother

Greatness is measured by those who like to think. Success is measured by those who like to receive.

The good news is that opportunities for love enter our lives unpredictably, whether or not we’ve perfected self-compassion or befriended our inner critic.

Love is a damagemade to the heart, violence, fate thats written, Changeable by distance, Breakable by time...!

I believe in Karma. If the good is sown, the good is collected. When positive things are made, that returns well.

And partly, the worst thing you could do in my family was need something from someone. So physical strength represented an avenue of self-sufficiency to me.

I gave my life to the Lord at 12. I was baptized at 12.

So far, this is the oldest I've been.

One can have great concern for the people of Ethiopia, but it's another thing to inflict daily torture on the people of England.

In some countries, women aren't allowed to wear a swimsuit.