“The main ingredient of stardom is the rest of the team.”

The worst thing about new books is that they keep us from reading the old ones.

If you don’t have time to do it right, when will you have time to do it over?

I am just a common man who is true to his beliefs.

The eight laws of learning are explanation, demonstration, imitation, repetition, repetition, repetition, repetition, repetition.

What is right is more important than who is right.

I think that in any group activity – whether it be business, sports, or family – there has to be leadership or it won’t be successful.

Ability is a poor man’s wealth.

It’s what you learn after you know it all that counts.

It’s not so important who starts the game but who finishes it.

The best competition I have is against myself to become better.

Champions never complain, they are too busy getting better.

I like to spend time in the past, with the things that have been important to me.

Don’t let making a living prevent you from making a life.

Just try to be the best you can be; never cease trying to be the best you can be. That’s in your power.

Be more concerned with your character than your reputation.

Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do.

If you quit once it becomes a habit. Never quit!

Accept a loss as a learning experience, and never point fingers at your teammates.

If you’re trying to achieve, there will be roadblocks. I’ve had them; everybody has had them.

The people who truly know me know what I’m like. There have been people who try to say things that aren’t fair, and I check them. And then they don’t like me because I checked them.

As far as carrying the torch for the years to come, I don’t know. I just want to be the best basketball player I can be.

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

People ask me if I could fly, I said, yeah – for a little while.

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