I'm not going to emphasize the sky-hook as much as work with the specific skills of the guys.

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

We can't change what is coming. Something is always coming.

I could kiss that girl. And ya know what? I will kiss that girl. As soon as I get back to school, I'm gonna grab her, and I'm gonna kiss her.

When you hold onto a script that doesn't serve you, you leave no space to write a new one that does.

I am lucky to have advisers whom I trust.

People are much deeper than stereotypes. That's the first place our minds go. Then you get to know them and you hear their stories, and you say, 'I'd have never guessed.

There's nothing wrong with a woman being proud of an element of her life that's talked about in rap music all the time!

[ Stylists] are putting you in a style that most people are in because it's the trend. So you might have on the same outfit as everyone else.

The moral decisions of others should be treated with respect, as long as such decisions do not conflict with the principle of tolerance.

One of these nuts is a meal for a man, both meat and drink.

The most creative or versatile to date...I don't know, man. That's a good question. I didn't really think about that.