I felt like when we came back from the All-Star break we needed everybody to feel like they were part of the team, ... I'm just trying to do whatever the team needs at any given time.

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 long for the day when people embrace our common humanity and respect diversity.

Don't just hope, dear. Plan and do. Only reserve hope for the things you cannot control.

We need, ultimately, to be able to view mental health with the same clear-headedness we show when talking about physical health.

The more you observe politics, the more you've got to admit that each party is worse than the other.

There can be no Kingdom of God in the world without the Kingdom of God in our hearts.

Please don't nag yourself with thoughts of failure. Do not set goals far beyond your capacity to achieve. Simply do what you can do, in the best way you know, and the Lord will accept of your effort.

He would forget everybody's name, so everybody was called 'Pops'.

Nobody knows why they were born or where they come from.

Choose to be in touch with what is wonderful, refreshing, and healing within yourself and around you.

I spend like $2 million a year on Chinese food and pizza for ten people in the studio who don't sing or produce.