The main thing I do is to carry myself as best as I can on my pro level.

It's nice to be known as a good player. But I want to be known as a good person, too.

You've got to stay humble and hungry. Just keep working and thank God you have a chance to play in the NBA.

I've got a lot of work to do, a lot of people to make proud.

All I have to do is just enjoy my moment and have fun.

Don't go to a school just because your friends are there or because it sounds like a dream school. Go to a program that fits your style of play.

Any team I go to will get an extremely hard worker, someone who never wants to take a day off, loves to play the game and is dedicated to winning.

I feel like I have to step on the court every night and be dominant.

You're not gonna be known as nothing if you don't win.

I feel I can fit with any player in the world.

Any time you can have your logo or your name on a shoe, growing up that's a dream come true.

I'm not saying she was lying to me, but she just acted so different before I got to know her, and if she really isn't like what she was at the beginning, I wish she could have just said so.

SUICIDE can be considered an act of MURDER committed on ONESELF

I loved you...I loved you more than all the money your father threw at me.

He who confers a benefit on anyone loves him better than he is beloved.

As a child I had dealt with a lot of loss and grief. I was constantly losing my parents, losing my home, constantly moving around, living with this stranger, that stepfather, or whatever.

Earth is only a pale version of heaven, not the other way around.

The 2004 presidential election that saw George W. Bush win with 51 percent of the vote was the last one Republicans will ever win with the overwhelmingly white and male coalition they have now.

Where do we come from? Do souls really exist? I can't answer these questions, especially not at 6am.

I remember when I was young, many cities in the Muslim world were cosmopolitan cities with a lot of culture.

India is desperately romantic, utterly unashamed of its sentimentality, its generosity, its fierce pride and massive heart.