Many people think sports are totally physical, that you don't have to think, everything is done for you and you're catered to, I found that to be so far removed from the truth that it's almost a joke. The ones who become stars are the ones who have a head on their shoulders and know how to use it.

You know, just in terms of having to have a life on the road, you know, having the celebrity aspect be a burden for my family, friends and extended family.

The key to success is to keep growing in all areas of life - mental, emotional, spiritual, as well as physical.

The biggest thing that I felt basketball could do for me was help me get a good education.

Goals determine what you're going to be.

To be an innovator, you can't be worried about making mistakes.

Teachers are sort of faced with a thankless task, because no matter how good they are, unless they find a way to personally rationalize the rewards of their effort, nobody else is really going to do it for them en masse.