I'm not out there sweating for three hours every day just to find out what it feels like to sweat.

If you accept the expectations of others, especially negative ones, then you never will change the outcome.

My attitude going into training camp as a rookie was to impress. I wanted to impress my teammates, my coaches, the owners, everybody. I wanted them to say, ?This kid is special. This kid has the right mind, the right skills, the right motivation?.

Nothing of value comes without being earned.

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

I went to a bookstore to try to find a book. The bottom line is, it all comes by trial and error. It was scary and exciting at first you don't know what to expect. But once you look into your child's eyes, you forget about that.

Don't be like me. Be better than me. That's the goal.