To be successful, you have to expose yourself to different situations-different styles of play, different teammates, different coaching.

I'm a bit of a perfectionist, but you have to know you're going to make mistakes. It's how you respond to those mistakes that counts.

I'll play until my knees fall off.

I like pressure. I thrive on it.

People probably assume I sleep in my uniform. Then I get up and go to the mall or the market in my uniform.

I have to be more assertive-I have take more control at crunch time.

When you have teammates just as talented as you, it's kind of weird to get all the attention.

Going to college and living with someone of another race gave me a different view of what people have to go through.

I knew I would be able to come back from the injury 100 percent.

They make friends, they laugh, they shareThey stay in touch, they care.

the harsh truth of every relationship, even between those who love each other, like fathers and sons and daughters, or husbands and wives, is that the love is always unequal.

What excellent fools religion makes of men.

You can't know your real mind as long as you deceive yourself.

This willingness to be frank and plain about the way that the world is, is a good first step. But that doesn't mean that you get what you want.

Show me a man with both feet on the ground and I'll show you a man who can't get his pants on.

Life would be flat without music. It is the background to all I do. It speaks to the heart in its own special way like nothing else.

Clarity and decisiveness come from the willingness to slow down, to listen to and look at what’s happening.

So keep your chin up, boy, forget the pain. I know you'll make it, if you try again. There's no use in quitting, when the world is waiting for you.