“The best evaluation I can make of a player is to look in his eyes and see how scared they are.”

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

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

If nobody will help you do it alone!

No brain, no gain. Stay in school.

Confidence allows you to progress in something you’re attempting to accomplish, whether it’s playing basketball or baseball or whether it’s trying to succeed in business.

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.

Great players never look in the mirror and think I’m a great basketball player. You ask yourself, Am I the best player I can be?

Don’t be like me. Be better than me. That’s the goal.

Sometimes a winner is just a dreamer who never gave up.

My mother is my root, my foundation. She planted the seed that I base my life on, and that is the belief that the ability to achieve starts in your mind.

Just play. Have fun. Enjoy the game.

Always turn a negative situation into a positive situation.

Being afraid on the court, means you’re not confident of your skills.

The game has its ups and downs, but you can never lose focus of your individual goals and you can’t let yourself be beat because of lack of effort.

I don’t just try to score. The challenge is elevating my teammates to be able to win a championship.

I like criticism. It makes you strong.

Sometimes I do wonder what college would have been like. But I made my decision.

I was just letting the shots fly. You know, I don’t leave any bullets in the chamber.

To be the best, you have to work the hardest. You have to chase what seems impossible over and over and over again, because giving up is not an option.

You just stay patient, that’s all.

Trying something new. Jumping out the photo frame! 

You have to be able to accept failure to get better.