“Don’t be afraid to fail. Be afraid not to try.”

The key to success is failure.

If you are confident you have done everything possible to prepare yourself, then there is nothing to fear.

If you accept the expectations of others, especially negative ones, then you never will change the outcome.

Excellence isn’t a one-week or one-year ideal. It’s a constant.

The best come from the worst.

I’m all about challenges and seeing if I can go out and see if I can achieve something. If at the end of the day I do it, great. If I don’t, I can live with myself.

To be successful you have to be selfish, or else you never achieve. And once you get to your highest level, then you have to be unselfish. Stay reachable. Stay in touch. Don’t isolate.

The reason I became such a successful athlete was my mind was saying that no matter who you put up against me, I am better, I am the best.

I play to win, whether during practice or a real game.

Earn your leadership every day.

All I wanted to do was to improve, to keep getting better.

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

A leader can’t make excuses. There has to be quality in everything you do. Off the court, on the court, in the classroom.

I’ve failed over and over and over again in my life and that is why I succeed.

Work ethics eliminates fear.

In any investment, you expect to have fun and make money.

Don’t be afraid to love all your broken pieces. They will finally wether with the waters of ages, shrinking into friendly gemlike pebbles that are soft to your soul.

Some people never try to move forward because they are afraid of falling behind.

Surround yourself with people who aren’t afraid to give their opinions but aren’t afraid to chase your goals with you.

If you are afraid to fail, you will afraid to try, and it is far better to try and fail than refuse to try.

You might be afraid of being alone now. But soon you will be afraid of having the wrong people as company.

Don’t be afraid to learn from others mistakes, and take bits of useful information or ideas that help you get better at what you do.

Your wings already exist all you have to do is fly. Don’t be afraid to spread your wings.

I’ll do things that maybe other people would be afraid to do or afraid to say. But in my personal life, I’m actually very responsible with my personal relationships.