You can make all the excuses you want, but if you're not mentally tough and you're not prepared to play every night, you're not going to win.

A winner is someone who recognizes his God-given talents, works his tail off to develop them into skills, and uses these skills to accomplish his goals.

Push yourself again and again. Don't give an inch until the final buzzer sounds.

Don't let winning make you soft. Don't let losing make you quit. Don't let your teammates down in any situation.

I've got a theory that if you give 100% all of the time, somehow things will work out in the end.

I learned what my weaknesses were and I went out the next day to turn those weaknesses intro strengths.

My coach told me, "Larry, no matter how much you work at it, there's always someone out there who's working just a little harder - if you take 150 practice shots, he's taking 200." And that drove me.

I wasn't real quick, and I wasn't real strong. Some guys will just take off and it's like, whoa. So I beat them with my mind and my fundamentals.

There are many times when you are better off practicing than playing; but most people just don't understand that

I don't think that once you get to one level, you can relax. You've got to keep pushing.

You're all playin' for second place.

The mainstream media in America has become an insidious device of ignorance. They not only shape the story, but now participate. For what?

You cannot lose in the journey of life without losing track of your positive inner-self.

Gingerbread houseswith gumdrops and peppermintand marshmallow snow.

I can take more punishment than anyone in the business.

Past is dead Future is uncertain; Present is all you have, So eat, drink and live merry.

I do have many of the same friends I grew up with. Most I've known since we were three or four years old! I have made new friends as well.

A rabid sports fan is one that boos a TV set

We have the capacity to make sure that every mother has pre-natal care. Yet, we don't do it. What is it about America? It says we don't value children and families. We are hypocrites.

If we cannot heal in one way, we must learn to heal in another.