I might be the most injured athlete in the history of sports. I've had 31 operations. An endless string of stress fractures.

I don't sleep much. I'm on the go. My mind is racing. My wife says my mind is like the rolling dials on a slot machine. So, yeah, I think about everything.

Winning is about having the whole team on the same page.

Basketball is one of those rare opportunities where you can make a difference, not only for yourself, but for other people as well.

Mick Jagger is in better shape than far too many NBA players. It's up in the air whether the same can be said of Keith Richards.

I could smell colors, I could feel sounds.

Love is the single most powerful and important word and notion in culture and language. Until the power of love supersedes the love of power we have no chance of ever being successful.

But you have to understand, my beard is so nasty. I mean, it's the only beard in the history of Western civilization that makes Bob Dylan's beard look good.

Never forget - happiness ends when selfishness begins.

No matter how good you get, there's always something further out there.

I believe in science and evolution. I've been to the Grand Canyon.

Philosophy is so interesting and intriguing that it is almost boring not to be a philosopher.

You have divine grace to forgive.

, But the streets need cleaning, brother, " Gromph said. "That is why the gods gave us magic, brother, " Jarlaxle replied in the same smug tone. "To perform the mundane tasks of life.

Culture is the widening of the mind and of the spirit

I know exactly what I would do with immortality: I would read every book in the library.

Be loyal to your boss, your company, your co-workers. Someone is always listening.

To me, feeling good about yourself as you get older is all about your attitude - if you think you're old, you'll feel old.

Keeping even the most humble talent wrapped in a napkin becomes the more reprehensible the greater the emergency.

I am confirmed in my belief that war is utter destructive violent chaos. There is no "art," no "order(s)," no "just war." No matter what the ideologies, wars are the same.

I have no patience for those who say that poverty is a blessing. Poverty is the greatest curse on earth.