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

My father used to say that it’s never too late to do anything you wanted to do. And he said, ‘You never know what you can accomplish until you try.

Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence wins championships.

My heroes are and were my parents. I can’t see having anyone else as my heroes.

All I knew is that I never wanted to be average.

I was aware of my success, but I never stopped trying to get better.

Heart is what separates the good from the great.

Focus like a laser, not a flashlight.

Focus like a laser, not a flashlight.

I’ve missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I’ve lost almost 300 games. 26 times, I’ve been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I’ve failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.

Failure gave me strength. Pain was my motivation.

The game is my wife. It demands loyalty and responsibility, and it gives me back fulfillment and peace.

I believe greatness is an evolutionary process that changes and evolves era to era.

I know fear is an obstacle for some people, but it is an illusion to me. Failure always made me try harder next time.

It doesn’t matter if you win as long as you give everything in your heart.

Patience. I will become what I know I am.

To learn to succeed, you must first learn to fail.

I feel like I just returned a 100-yard kickoff in the last two minutes of the Super Bowl to win it all, only to have my run called back by a flag on the play.

I assure you, you will never survive on your wits alone.

When you sit courtside you absolutely know what comes with being on the floor and if you don’t know it’s on the back on the ticket itself that states the guidelines.

You just try to take it one day at a time, You step on the basketball floor and just play. It’s fun. I’m comfortable with it.

Mental fitness is just as important as physical fitness.

A lot of players know how to play the game, but they really don’t know how to play the game, if you know what I mean.

God gave me a gift to do other things besides play the game of basketball.

I think, team first. It allows me to succeed, it allows my team to succeed.