“The person, the student, the athlete, all are considered equal.”

Nine-tenths of discipline is having the patience to do things right.

You have to make shots. That’s the bottom line.

Attitude is a choice. Think positive thoughts daily. Believe in yourself.

If you don’t want responsibility, don’t sit in the big chair. To be successful, you must accept full responsibility

The willingness to experiment with change may be the most essential ingredient to success at anything.

We communicate all the time, even when we don’t realize it. Be aware of body language.

Attitude is a choice. What you think you can do, whether positive or negative, confident or scared, will most likely happen.

I don’t give out compliments easily.

Teamwork doesn’t come naturally. It must be taught.

A competitor continually sets new goals. He feels the need to keep raising the bar. If the fist goal is to make the team, and he achieves it, he immediately resets the goal to: I want to be a starter.

I think the only thing that I really thought about, I am always every year thinking about how I can get better, how my stuff can get better, how our team can improve.

I’m interested to see where a combination of faith and science will take me.

Value those colleagues who tell you the truth, not just what you want to hear.

There is nothing wrong with having competitive instincts. They are survival instincts.

It’s my experience that people rise to the level of their own expectations and of the competition they seek out.

I’ve always put great emphasis on the academics and getting your degree. It’s important because basketball is short term. The long term is what are you gonna do after college and after you no longer can bounce the ball.

I think sports for kids is the greatest thing in the world because it teaches you how to share, about winning and losing and pressure. But I don’t think you should force your kid to become a professional athlete.

As an athlete, when you are on that field and the fans get really engaged and you can feel their energy and passion and true love of the game, it is absolutely a spiritual experience.

I think you can just go out and try to be the best you can be, deal with people with respect, with honesty, with integrity, have a high moral standard. I’ve always really tried to exemplify that as an athlete. I’ll continue to try to do that.

I don’t know about politics so much. I’m a professional athlete.

I love to experiment with my looks and dresses on and off the court because I love to turn out very well. But, I must add here that just good-looking athletes can’t do anything for their sport.

I love what I do and I love being an athlete, but I also love all the things that have come with it.

I’m an athlete. I go out there and fight my heart out.

The great thing about having a pool in L.A. is that I can use it year-round. And since I’ve always been an athlete, staying fit is very important.