“I don’t have to hear that criticism, that idotic criticism anymore.”

My brain cannot process failure. It will not process failure

I can’t relate to lazy people. We don’t speak the same language. I don’t understand you. I don’t want to understand you.

I’ve been watching Messi for some time now, and his ability to decide games and keep possession of the ball is amazing.

Everybody shut up. Let us work.

It doesn’t matter to me what place I get traded to. If I was traded someplace – I’d play anywhere.

If you’re afraid to fail, then you’re probably going to fail.

You always have to be on edge. You always have to take every practice, every game, like it is your last.

Everybody has a different journey.

You have to go with things that you understand. Businesses that you know.

We’re grown ass men, you don’t need to be falling all over the place.

I know how to play my guard spot, he can worry about the low post.

I draw from the crowd a lot.

The most important thing is to try and inspire people so that they can be great in whatever they want to do.

You have to be able to separate business from the love of the game.

When I’m finished playing, I want people to say, ‘He handled this well, he kept his cool.’

It’s not about the number of hours you practice, it’s about the number of hours your mind is present during the practice.

I was probably born a scorer, but I was made a winner. Whatever works, whatever wins championships, wins games, that’s what I do.

Some times your best effort just isn’t good enough.

You want a CEO that understands they need to build a team around them that’s sharper and smarter than they are.

Calm before the Storm and after once the dust settles.

The first time I stepped on an NBA court I became a businessman.

What people see on court is another side of me; it’s not me.

When you have that respect from your teammates, it makes it a lot more comfortable.

But sports carried me away from being in a gang, or being associated with drugs. Sports was my way out.