I was just starting out acting [doing "Airplane"] and wanted to be taken as a professional, not as an athlete doing a cameo.

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

Life is really amazing if we know how to fill our hearts with the beauty of life.

There is no more an enthusiastic advocate of legal immigration in the U.S. Senate than I am, and that is a message that resonates powerfully in the Hispanic community.

Depends on the evening. A good red wine is nice in cold weather. A Claret or a Rioja. I've got a good gin we make from damson plums. And you can't beat a glass of champagne every now and again.

Kobe Bryant is the most talented player in the game today; he could do anything.

Error can point the way to truth, while empty-headedness can only lead to more empty-headedness or to a career in politics.

I have never yet happened upon a trace of evidence... to show that any one animal was ever made for another as much as it was made for itself.

Don't try to change people. It won't work, and they will end up resenting you. Only God can change people!

I do destroy men on a weekly basis. It's like a hobby. I'm like a praying mantis.

Most imitators attempt the inimitable.

I lived on rum, I tell you. It's been meat and drink, and man and wife, to me.