I can be one of the dominant players, maybe the dominant player, in the East.

I just go and play hard. That's who I am.

I can't be someone I'm not. I try to be a warrior on the court, but where I come from, being macho doesn't get you anywhere.

I used to get down on myself a lot if I missed a shot, and it would just break my focus. But now I stay mentally tough and try to just forget about that play and keep on going.

People come and go in this lifetime. Some merely pass us by. Some stay with us for a little while. Some leave as quickly as they come. However, when real friends come, they stay and never leave.

When you create a soul, plant the seeds of love with your thoughts, words, and actions . The soul flourishes among the flow-ers of love.

Mythology does not interest me. Nor does history. But the possible overlap between history and mythology excites me immensely.

...the morning with the whole day waiting, full of promise, the nightof quiet, of no expectations, of rest.And the certainty of home, the one I live in, and the onethat lives in me.

She was happy to be alive and breathing, when her whole being seemed to be one with the sunlight, the color, the odors, the luxuriant warmth of some perfect Southern day.

To me, every person who smoked was voluntarily killing themselves, and doing it quite openly.

America, I don't think you can change history." All the same, his expression looked hopeful. "Sure we can. Besides, who'd ever know about it but you and me?

Now that I am a deputy, I will cease to be an agitator.

The highest virtue is not virtuous. Therefore it has virtue. The lowest virtue holds on to virtue. Therefore it has no virtue.

The way you make something happen is to do something that a fool could screw up.