I'm not the type of person to give up just because something gets rough. That's a coward. That's not me.

They say no matter how hard you work, there's always someone, somewhere working harder then you. Guess what.. I'm that someone

At the end of the day, you're responsible for yourself and your actions and that's all you can control. So rather than be frustrated with what you can't control, try to fix the things you can.

I'm like Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer. If I'm not ready, the sled isn't going to go.

Too much coffee. Too much coffee and Gatorade. It's a hell of a mix. If you're ever tired in the morning, just try that mix, and tell me what you think.

We have to do the impossible, but it is possible.

This ain't the Girl Scouts. This ain't the Boy Scouts. This is the NBA.

I've never been an individual guy. I never cared about the accolades. I've always been driven by the competition and the learning process.

I want to be known as the best teammate ever.

I'm very simple. I'm not for the flashes, I'm not for glitz and glamour, you know.

I don't think anything less than perfect, even though I'm a human being. The way I work and go at things is to better myself in perfect terms.

The world actually is a mirror, and as you change, you will see everything around you changing as well as mirroring your changes.

Every individual is a meeting ground for many different allegiances, and sometimes these loyalties conflict with one another and confront the person who harbors them with difficult choices

Sunset and evening star And one clear call for me! And may there be no moaning of the bar When I put out to sea.

Stigma is a process by which the reaction of others spoils normal identity.

I don't work on poems and essays at once. They walk on different legs, speak with different tongues, draw from different parts of the psyche. Their paces are also different.

I think I got a bruise from landing on you. I hear bacon is real good for healing a bruise.

A gazelle runs faster than us; cockroaches are remarkably tolerant of radiation; every being has some superiority; in remembering this, be very humble!

And these little things may not seem like much but after a while they take you off on a direction where you may be a long way off from what other people have been thinking about.

She was really strong around me. Having me at 16 had to have been a big responsibility. My mom gave up everything for me, had three jobs, supported me, sacrificed her life for me.

We all have our down days, but it's not hard to smile and say thank you.