I thought we'd be discussing about me not leaving Philadelphia and they just kept asking me about the practice, so I lost it.

You have to go through good times and bad times to get where you're trying to go.

I don't want to be another Jordan, Magic, or Isiah. When my career is over, I want to be able to look in the mirror and say 'I did it my way'.

I'd rather have more heart than talent any day.

I play every game like it's my last game. All that matters is that you go out there and play every game as if it was your last.

I'm not perfect. But I am trying every day to concentrate on being better.

A jump shot can get you a shoe deal, a big house, a supermodel, fancy cars, a bunch of yes men, a Swiss bank account. But none of these things can get you a jump shot

Mistakes happen. But after a while you've got to stop making them happen twice.

When you are not practicing, someone else is getting better.

When I was young, everyone laughed at me when I said that I wanted to be a professional basketball player...now it's my turn to laugh.

If you're struggling with your shooting, then do other things on the basketball court. Get steals, get assists, get rebounds-do anything on the court to help the team win.

Do not save your loving speeches For your friends till they are dead; Do not write them on their tombstones, Speak them rather now instead.

In those days, we finally chose to walk like giants and hold the world in arms grown strong with love And there may be many things we forget in the days to come, But this will not be one of them.

To live a life you love, you must Love the life you live.

The racing driver's mind has to have the ability to have amazing anticipation, coordination, and reflex. Because of the speed the car goes.

In what else, pray, does man differ from the other animals except in that he is used by words?

Somebody must have sense enough and morality enough to cut off the chain of hate and the chain of evil in the universe. And you do that by love

I got my first lifetime achievement award years ago, and I was very excited, but then I got a sense of: Well, can one get a second lifetime award?

Give me wine to wash me clean of the weather-stains of cares

You can say we're trying too hard or that we didn't try hard enough, but we're not trying at all; we're just doing what we do.

Third ain't so bad if nothin' is hit to you.