By eloquence I understand those appeals to our moral perceptions that produce emotion as soon as they are uttered. This is the very enthusiasm that is the parent of poetry. Let the same man go to his closet and clothe in numbers conceptions full of the same fire and spirit, and they will be poetry.

It's different from being 21 and you think there's endless amount of opportunities. At 33, the ending is much, much closer.

I don't have to hear that criticism, that idotic criticism anymore.

I've been watching Messi for some time now, and his ability to decide games and keep possession of the ball is amazing.

It's not about the number of hours you practice, it's about the number of hours your mind is present during the practice

I've known for a long time that they're a bunch of idiots.

At the end of 2003, my game was complete. Shooting, defense, using the dribble, transition, midrange stuff was all there. Then it was about fine-tuning and trying to improve in each area.