You're an idiot. You've screwed up every play we ever ran. You're too stupid to even remember the plays. We ought to get rid of you.

I know the signs of scaredness.

It's a heavy duty to try to do everything and please everybody. My job was to go out there and play the game of basketball as best I can and provide entertainment for everyone who wanted to watch basketball. Obviously, people may not agree with that; again, I can't live with what everyone's impression of what I should or what I shouldn't do.

I have failed many times, but I have never gone into a game expecting myself to fail.

Anything can happen if you are willing to put in the work and remain open to the possibility. Dreams are realized by effort, determination, passion and staying connected to that sense of who you are.

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

As athletes, we're used to reacting quickly. Here, it's 'come, stop, come, stop. There's a lot of downtime. That's the toughest part of the day.

You don't show up on game day and expect to be great. Greatness happens
in practice. You have to expect things of yourself before you can do them.

Not every flying hero has a cape.

If I have something and move forward, it is only my weakness, which I hate and turn into my strength. You are not lost as long as you do not give up!

My father used to say that it's never too late to do anything you wanted to do. And he said, 'You never know what you can accomplish until you try.'

I've failed over and over and over again in my life -- and that is why I succeed.

I've never lost a game. I just ran out of time.

But my drive to win is so great ... I just step over that line. ... It's very embarrassing, ... one of the things you totally regret. So you look at yourself in the mirror and say, 'I was stupid.'

Don't be afraid to fail. Be afraid not to try.

I'm not afraid to take a step and if I fall, I fall. I pick myself up and move on. If we can all learn one thing in life, it's don't be afraid to take on something that you believe you're capable of achieving.

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

You have to expect things of yourself before you can do them.

Never say never because limits, like fears, are often just an illusion.

It doesn't matter if you fall down, it's whether you get back up.