“Sometimes a winner is just a dreamer who never gave up.”

Never say never, because limits, like fears, are often just an illusion.

Some people want it to happen, some wish it would happen, and others make it happen.

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

I’ve never lost a game I just ran out of time.

If nobody will help you do it alone!

No brain, no gain. Stay in school.

Confidence allows you to progress in something you’re attempting to accomplish, whether it’s playing basketball or baseball or whether it’s trying to succeed in business.

You don’t show up on game day and expect to be great. Greatness happens in practice. You have to expect things of yourself before you can do them.

Great players never look in the mirror and think I’m a great basketball player. You ask yourself, Am I the best player I can be?

Don’t be like me. Be better than me. That’s the goal.

My mother is my root, my foundation. She planted the seed that I base my life on, and that is the belief that the ability to achieve starts in your mind.

Just play. Have fun. Enjoy the game.

Always turn a negative situation into a positive situation.

Being afraid on the court, means you’re not confident of your skills.

The game has its ups and downs, but you can never lose focus of your individual goals and you can’t let yourself be beat because of lack of effort.

You always have to focus in life on what you want to achieve.

I’ll do whatever it takes to win games, whether it’s sitting on a bench waving a towel, handing a cup of water to a teammate, or hitting the game-winning shot.

I focus on one thing and one thing only – that’s trying to win as many championships as I can.

Confidence allows you to progress in something you’re attempting to accomplish, whether it’s playing basketball or baseball or whether it’s trying to succeed in business.

The topic of leadership is a touchy one. A lot of leaders fail because they don’t have the bravery to touch that nerve or strike that chord. Throughout my years, I haven’t had that fear.

Great players never look in the mirror and think I’m a great basketball player. You ask yourself, Am I the best player I can be?

Sports are such a great teacher. I think of everything they’ve taught me: camaraderie, humility, how to resolve differences.

Just play. Have fun. Enjoy the game.

I enjoy playing at the heart of it is just a kid who really loves playing the game of basketball.