My opinion about basketball, the way I was taught, was when you step on the court, you play to win.

A winner is someone who recognizes his God-given talents, works his tail off to develop them into skills, and uses these skills to accomplish his goals.

Push yourself again and again. Don't give an inch until the final buzzer sounds.

Don't let winning make you soft. Don't let losing make you quit. Don't let your teammates down in any situation.

I've got a theory that if you give 100% all of the time, somehow things will work out in the end.

I learned what my weaknesses were and I went out the next day to turn those weaknesses intro strengths.

My coach told me, "Larry, no matter how much you work at it, there's always someone out there who's working just a little harder - if you take 150 practice shots, he's taking 200." And that drove me.

I wasn't real quick, and I wasn't real strong. Some guys will just take off and it's like, whoa. So I beat them with my mind and my fundamentals.

There are many times when you are better off practicing than playing; but most people just don't understand that

I don't think that once you get to one level, you can relax. You've got to keep pushing.

You're all playin' for second place.

Then he leaned over, right there in the restaurant parking lot, and kissed me. And it wasn’t a friendship kiss, either. It was tender and real, and utterly romantic.

In this world, those who have fallen in love cannot make clear judgements.

Having a goal and having a dream are different.

You have no idea how dirty I can play.” He laughed. “Bring. It. On.

I do honor the very flea of his dog.

If we were sensible we would seek death - the same blissful blank which we enjoyed before we existed.

I like my afterglow with you in motion. I measure time by how your body sways.

God's kiss of forgiveness sucks the poison out of the wound.

Learning acquired in youth arrests the evil of old age.

I don't put off any time with my grandchildren. I don't put off a thing.