You have competition every day because you set such high standards for yourself that you have to go out every day and live up to that.

All I wanted to do was to improve, to keep getting better.

Because I want every kid to be viewed as a person rather than as a member of a certain race does not mean that I'm not black enough. . . . Do they want me to be positive just for black kids and negative for everybody else?

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

When I got cut from the varsity team as a sophomore in high school, I learned something. I knew I never wanted to feel that bad again. I never wanted to have that taste in my mouth, that hole in my stomach. So I set a goal of becoming a starter on the varsity.

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

I dont take pictures with Niggas