Focus like a laser, not a flashlight

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

Failure makes me work even harder.

learning 's a gift, even when "pain" ,s your teacher!

If I had been playing for money I would have complained a long time ago that I was underpaid.

Purchasing the Bobcats is the culmination of my post-playing career goal of becoming the majority owner of an NBA franchise.

You have to be able to say, OK, that happened back then. Now let's take it from here and see what happens. It would be very easy to hate people for the rest of your life, and some people have done that. You've got to deal with what's happening now and try to make things better.