In the Western standards of modesty, there are different guidelines.

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

A messy house is a must - it separates your true friends from other friends.Real friends are there to visit you not your house!

We can't afford to waste tears on might-have-beens. We need to turn the tears into sweat that can take us to what can be.

Before you start pointing fingers, make sure your hands are clean.

The law cannot save those who deny it but neither can the law serve any who do not use it. The history of injustice and inequality is a history of disuse of the law.

Set your goals-without goals you cannot measure your progress. But don’t become frustrated because there are no obvious victories. Remind yourself that striving can be more important than arriving.

Every time you build a golf course, it’s not a golf course when you get there. You have to improvise.

Fail I alone, in words and deeds? Why, all men strive and who succeeds?

What I really wanted was to fall in love with God. It's amazing what obstacles there are within us, or at least in me, that seem to slow this process.

Dreams can change histories and songs can alter destinies- two ideas that on good days I believe wholeheartedly and on bad days I denounce as a bunch of bull.

Michael Jackson changed the world and, more personally, my life forever.