When your best player puts it on the line every day, the other guys can't cut corners

The truth of the matter is, we're not far away from where we should be. We can complain about the problem or we can go out and solve the problem. I choose to go out and try to solve the problem.

Good teams don't care about who scores. Good teams just care about scoring; they don't care who does it.

A coke machine can get a rebound in 20 minutes.

Everyday we are going to fight lazy and soft. It's completely unacceptable. You have to be demanding

Just because we play in the NBA or coach in the NBA doesn't mean we are not human. We are supermen. For me, getting shot is scary.

I do not so much rejoice that God hath made me to be a Queen, as to be a Queen over so thankful a people.

Performers like Tommy Cooper, who are always getting things wrong, are much more endearing than comedians who are sassy and smart.

She hated that little voice inside her head. Like the Seelie Queen, it planted doubts where there shouldn't be doubts, asked questions that had no answer.

You're never going to learn something as profoundly as when it's purely out of curiosity

The stars are golden fruit upon a tree all out of reach.

Never let oneself be guided by the opinion of one's contemporaries. Continue steadfastly on one's way.

My only regret in life is that I didn't spend as much time with my kids as I now wish I had.

The biggest obstacle to professional writing is the necessity for changing a typewriter ribbon.

The root of war is fear.

The heart is the best logician.