So you're dealing with a coach, and you're dealing with a guy who's actually experienced NBA basketball from a player's perspective and actually goes about it that way.

They say no matter how hard you work, there's always someone, somewhere working harder then you. Guess what.. I'm that someone

At the end of the day, you're responsible for yourself and your actions and that's all you can control. So rather than be frustrated with what you can't control, try to fix the things you can.

I'm like Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer. If I'm not ready, the sled isn't going to go.

Too much coffee. Too much coffee and Gatorade. It's a hell of a mix. If you're ever tired in the morning, just try that mix, and tell me what you think.

I'm not the type of person to give up just because something gets rough. That's a coward. That's not me.

We have to do the impossible, but it is possible.

This ain't the Girl Scouts. This ain't the Boy Scouts. This is the NBA.

I've never been an individual guy. I never cared about the accolades. I've always been driven by the competition and the learning process.

I want to be known as the best teammate ever.

I'm very simple. I'm not for the flashes, I'm not for glitz and glamour, you know.

I forgive, but I also learn a lesson. I won’t hate you, but I’ll never get close enough for you to hurt me again. I can’t let my forgiveness become foolish.

The reader who thinks that rationality does not require a definition should ponder the following: I'll give you a million dollars to do something irrational.

Characteristics cling to families.

Love is love, whether it goes on two legs or four.

At the end of a century that has seen the evils of communism, Nazism and other modern tyrannies, the impulse to centralize power remains amazingly persistent.

No one can make me cry Make me laugh Make me smile Or drive me mad like she does

I dont know about Brad Pitt leaving that beautiful woman to go hold orphans for Angelina. I mean how long is that going to last?

The script is the musical score, and everyone has to play off that score. Even I have to interpret it. The producers are there to eliminate obstacles to that interpretation.

The product Disney created actually changed a life, and that was significant to them. They didn't stand in my way at all.

It appears easier to talk about protecting women than it is to fully include women at all decision-making levels in peace talks and post-conflict planning.