Michael Jordan and Magic and myself, all learned how to play the game in college programs that emphasized the team.

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

I'm not a clever man, but I'm willing to listen to people who are, and I think you are. Just don't try poking me in the direction you want me to go. I don't like that Master Balwer.

How do the stems connect to the roots?' 'Where is the mist coming from?' 'Why does one tree seem darker than another?' These questions are implicitly asked and answered in the process of sketching.

I am through with this body, and what becomes of it will make no difference with me in the future.

So you have to be more mentally focused in baseball.

We didn’t come to earth to get anything. We came to awaken our full potential and infuse this dimension with divine light.

Youth has a quickness of apprehension, which it is very apt to mistake for an acuteness of penetration.

Even while the Earth sleeps we travel.

I do a lot of comedy and I like that. I am happy doing funny films. I am often the straight person in a comedy, which is great as long as there are talented people to work with.

When there is not enough to eat, people starve to death. It is better to let half of the people die so that the other half can eat their fill.

The me that's me right now is yours. Always.