“I realize i am black, but id like to be viewed as a person, and that is everybodys wish.”

It doesn’t matter if you win as long as you give everything in your heart.

Patience. I will become what I know I am.

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

If I have an agenda or a goal, no one is going to deter me from what I want to do.

Failure makes me work even harder.

There is no “I” in team but there is in win.

Once I made a decision, I never thought about it again.

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

My attitude is that if you push me towards something that you think is a weakness, then I will turn that perceived weakness into a strength.

Learning is a gift, even when pain is your teacher!

There are plenty of teams in every sport that have great players and never win titles.

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.

Another day, another opportunity to prove everyone who doubts you wrong.

What is love? Love is playing every game as if it’s your last!

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

Some people want it to happen, some wish it would happen, and others make it happen.

I can accept failure, everyone fails at something. But I can’t accept not trying.

I knew where I wanted to go, what kind of player I wanted to become and I focused on getting there.

There have been times when I have failed. But there have never been times when I thought I would fail.

I’m a firm believer in goal setting. Step by step. I can’t see any other way of accomplishing anything.

You must expect great things of yourself before you can do them.

It’s not about the shoes, it’s what you do in them.

Dear Basketball, From the moment I started rolling my dad’s tube socks and shooting imaginary game-winning shots. I fell in love with you.

It’s not a question of if we make the playoffs; we will. And when we get there, I have no fear of anyone.