I demand more from myself than anybody could ever expect.

The key to success is to keep growing in all areas of life - mental, emotional, spiritual, as well as physical.

If you don't do what's best for your body, you're the one who comes up on the short end.

I always try to keep a pretty conservative demeanor on the court.

You can feel the vibes, feel the people pulling for you.

Being a typical Pisces, I might have experienced mood shifts, but I don't remember any depression, or needing to do anything, or to have someone bring me out of being depressed.

I keep both eyes on my man. The basket hasn't moved on me yet.

I firmly believe that respect is a lot more important, and a lot greater, than popularity.

Being a professional is doing the things you love to do, on the days you don't feel like doing them.

I had to spend countless hours, above and beyond the basic time, to try and perfect the fundamentals.

I think I started learning lessons about being a good person long before I ever knew what basketball was. And that starts in the home, it starts with the parental influence.

As long as it comes from the heart, in the end, it will be good.

There is no doubt that nations come to an end when they have ceased to fulfill the function that God meant for them.

Life is only a dream and we are the imagination of ourselves.

Stay alive, stay active, and get as much practice as you can.

Knowledge is the ability to love, the ability to feel, the ability to probe the depths and the heights of life. It is the experience of the experiencer, and at the same time, it is beyond that.

Cruel men cry easily at the cinema.

I had an idea to write something set back around the Civil War era, but I was just way too ignorant to think I could start it any time soon.

Mostly I've just worked with actors and actresses that are fun and easy to talk to and had nothing but great experiences.

People write music, and the music is out there for people to interpret it how they want to.

I was concerned about them. I mean, it feels good but I was concerned about them.