When I was young, everyone laughed at me when I said that I wanted to be a professional basketball player...now it's my turn to laugh.

You have to go through good times and bad times to get where you're trying to go.

I don't want to be another Jordan, Magic, or Isiah. When my career is over, I want to be able to look in the mirror and say 'I did it my way'.

I'd rather have more heart than talent any day.

I play every game like it's my last game. All that matters is that you go out there and play every game as if it was your last.

I'm not perfect. But I am trying every day to concentrate on being better.

A jump shot can get you a shoe deal, a big house, a supermodel, fancy cars, a bunch of yes men, a Swiss bank account. But none of these things can get you a jump shot

Mistakes happen. But after a while you've got to stop making them happen twice.

When you are not practicing, someone else is getting better.

If you're struggling with your shooting, then do other things on the basketball court. Get steals, get assists, get rebounds-do anything on the court to help the team win.

I made a lot of mistakes, a lot of things I'm not proud of. But it's only for other people to learn from.

The Holy Spirit illuminates the minds of people, makes us yearn for God, and takes spiritual truth and makes it understandable to us.

It's easier to be brave when you're not alone.

Man is a wonder to himself; he can neither govern nor know himself.

The best that can be said for Norwegian television is that it gives you the sensation of a coma without the worry and inconvenience.

I was a choir boy for 3 years in high school at St. George's in Newport, Rhode Island.

If you view life as a gold rush, you're going to end up worshiping a golden calf.

Change is no modern invention. It is as old as time and as unlikely to disappear. It has always to be counted on as of the essence of human experience.

I let my boy go and do and say pretty much as he likes, as, and perhaps because, my father kept no string on me.

To find God, you must welcome everything.

There is no right faith in believing what is true, unless we believe it because it is true.