I felt that a number of people might have questioned my loyalty, but I continue to be a patriotic American.

You can't win unless you learn how to lose.

One man can be a crucial ingredient on a team, but one man cannot make a team.

I would suggest that teachers show their students concrete examples of the negative effects of the actions that gangsta rappers glorify.

High school dropouts are forfeiting their opportunity to pursue the American Dream.

I think that the good and the great are only separated by the willingness to sacrifice.

My most memorable moment came in 1985 as we beat the Boston Celtics.

Five guys on the court working together can achieve more than five talented individuals who come and go as individuals.

Good thoughts are no better than good dreams, unless they are executed.

I think the NBA players have to be held accountable in a reasonable way, just like any other professionals.

If ISIS represents Islam, then the KKK represents Christianity

The silences weren’t awkward. For me at least. Because I was there in the moment with him.

A mere redrawing of borders, a change in governments, those things can never faze a Jewess with a good supply of hand wipes in her bag.

Throw away the servility of imitation, and rise to the manliness of originality.

You know your children are growing up when they stop asking you where they came from and refuse to tell you where they're going.

Why should poetry have to make sense?

The public should always be wondering how it is possible to give so much for the money.

The First Amendment is not without limits.

To jazz, or not to jazz, there is no question!

Women tend to double-speak - I'm definitely guilty of that.

We were almost getting used to playing without fans in the Champions League. Jokes aside though, I think help from our fans will be indispensable for such a big match.