There are no shortcuts. I approached practices the same way I approached games. You can't turn it on and off like a faucet. I couldn't dog it during practice and then, when I needed that extra push late in the game, expect it to be there. Very few people get anywhere by taking shortcuts.

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

Each time I step on the basketball court, I never know what will happen. I live for the moment. I play for the moment.

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

My advice is find fuel in failure. Sometimes failure gets you closer to where you want to be.

You always have to focus in life on what you want to achieve.

The good part about being famous is being able to help people. The hard part is every day you have to be in a good mood, because that is what people expect. You learn to get good at it.