You have to be un-compromised in your level of commitment to whatever you are doing, or it can disappear as fast as it appeared. Commitment cannot be compromised by rewards.

Be true to the game, because the game will be true to you. If you try to shortcut the game, then the game will shortcut you. If you put forth the effort, good things will be bestowed upon you. That's truly about the game, and in some ways that's about life too.

I've had tendinitis since college.

Gambling is legal and betting is legal, for what I bet.

I would never play an extra year for money. I play the game because I love it. I just so happen to get paid. If I don't feel I still enjoy the game, I can care less what a year is worth. I'm not going to play the game just because of money.

I make shoes for white suburban kids, not the poor black kids. That would be like opening a restaurant for people without stomachs.

My body could stand the crutches but my mind couldn't stand the sideline.