There is nothing wrong with dedication and goals, but if you focus on yourself, all the lights fade away and you become a fleeting moment in life.

Character never quits; and with patience and persistence; Dreams do come true!

They don't pay you a million dollars for two-hand chest passes.

My life had no meaning at all. I found only brief interludes of satisfaction. It was like my whole life had been about my whole basketball career.

It's hard when your father's the coach. Sometimes you don't know where one leaves off and the other begins.

I lived my life one way for 35 years, for me. And then the focus came in on what I really was.

I don't want to play 10 years and then die of a heart attack when I'm 40.

If I have a choice whether to do the show or throw a straight pass, and we're going to get the basket either way, I'm going to do the show.

Love never fails. Character never quits. And with patience and persistence, dreams do come true

May your life be filled with more gratitude.

The future lies in unity and respect, not division and stereotypes

Worlds of my own creation are erected with walls that are within but a few scant paces of each other. The world that God creates for me has no idea what walls are.

Tchingis, if you determine this is to be so, who can withstand you? You are poetry after an ugly day, and heal wounds I didn't know I had.

He glared at Mr. Diddley’s yellow-toothed smile, and thought how he’d like to shove a toothbrush in his mouth and teach him how to use it.

Live for today, plan for tomorrow, party tonight, party tonight.

Try to be transparent, clear and truthful. Even when it is difficult, and above all when it is difficult.

For every new mouth to feed, there are two hands to produce.

There were no ugly people in Ethiopia

I think so highly of people who love their sport and make a really strong commitment to it.