I know what's within me even if you can't see it yet...I have something more important than courage, I have patience. I will become what I know I am.

The greatest people that ever lived were also the greatest failures. They just didn’t let those failures affect them like they do most.

The NBA is the strongest professional sports league in the world. The league and the game is bigger than any one person, Michael Jordan included, and they always will be. I hope that today players, especially our young players, continue to recognize that simple fact. Nothing is more important than the game itself and the fans who support it.

Playing sick. That is so hard to do. It has to be a total mental challenge, as well as the physical challenge.

To learn to succeed, you must first learn to fail.

Winning isn't always championships.

I was aware of my success, but I never stopped trying to get better.