People say they wish they were Michael Jordan. OK, do it for a year. Do it for two years. Do it for five years. When you get past the fun part, then go do the part where you get into cities at three a.m. and you have fifteen people waiting for autographs when you're as tired as hell.

There was never any fear for me, no fear of failure. If I miss a shot, so what?

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

The key to success is failure

My mother is my root, my foundation. She planted the seed that I base my life on, and that is the belief that the ability to achieve starts in your mind.

I am privileged to have played basketball.

If you do the work you get rewarded. There are no shortcuts in life.