Limits, like fear, is often an illusion.

Everybody has talent, but ability takes hard work.

It's easier for me to get ready for a game on the road because you're expected to lose when you play away from home. That's a challenge to right there and that perks my competitive juices.

You can practice shooting eight hours a day, but if your technique is wrong, then all you become is very good at shooting the wrong way. Get the fundamentals down and the level of everything you do will rise.

Sometimes you need to get hit in the head to realize that you're in a fight.

I missed 9000 shots in my career, lost almost 300 games and missed the shot to win the game 26 times.

Fundamentals were the most crucial part of my game in the NBA. Everything I did, everything I achieved, can be traced back to the way I approached the fundamentals.