“Hating is a full time job with no benefits, only an acquired type can do it. I thank God I didnt meet the qualifications.”

If you don’t live life by fully enjoying it and opening your heart, your just not living.

They say God laughs when you make plans, that’s why I make appointments and sometimes reschedule.

There’s a huge difference between being in love and being in love with the thought of love. Recognize the difference. Never settle.

When you grind & work hard, you don’t ever have to tell anyone what you’re up to, the results will speak much louder than anything else.

If you want to be treated like a queen then start acting like one. No arrogance or games. Be humble, graceful, kind & loving.

You wouldn’t show up to a great job with a terrible resume, so don’t show up to a great man with a terrible past.

The longer you spend your time worrying about all the negative things in your life, the further you push any chance of retrieving the positive.

They say either get right or get left, how about I just go forward and never look back.

A successful person allows his results to speak for him, not his mouth.

I’ma forgive all the people that took my kindness as weakness. I’ma forgive anyone who never hit me back. I’ma forgive all ya’ll. I won’t forget.

If success is my drug then I’ve been on a chronic overdose all my life.

I never had a plan B. I feel if u have a plan B, you are giving yourself the chance to never accomplish plan A. My plan B was to accomplish plan A.

You shouldn’t be worried when people call, communicate, yell, argue, or cry for you. You should be worried when everyone is silent.

To say I’m ignorant only proves your ignorance.

I am the epitome of what you dream to be and the reality of what you can’t be.

Let it all go and let love and happiness in. Put yourself out there all the way and don’t be fearful of losing love.

This city, all they want us to be is ourselves. You love us how we are. We’re all a work in progress as men and you still love us and I thank you so much for embracing us.

Unfortunately sometimes one can’t do what one thinks is right without making someone else unhappy.

Give, do not lend; after death who will thank you?

Thanks to words, we have been able to rise above the brutes; and thanks to words, we have often sunk to the level of the demons.

Standing on that platform, I said a silent prayer. I thanked God for giving me the strength and the opportunity to come back, to play basketball again, and to be part of that whole magnificent Olympic experience. It’s a memory I will always cherish.

First off, I’d like to thank God for changing my life. It let me really realize what life is all about. Basketball is just a platform for me to inspire people, and I realize that.

Our problem with President Obama isn’t that he’s a bad person. By all accounts, he too is a good husband, and a good father – and thanks to lots of practice, a pretty good golfer.

If forced to choose between the penitentiary and the White House for four years, I would say the penitentiary, thank you.