Everything has a purpose. And that purpose has a story that goes along with it. It just depends on what your passion is.
When you love something, you'll always come back to it. You'll always keep asking questions, and finding answers.
Being a leader, it's the art of trying to find the balance, the right times with each individual and what they need at that moment. It requires looking outward as opposed to looking inside.
You just stay patient, that's all.
People just don't understand how obsessed I am with winning.
Everybody has a different journey.
Each moment of my life I was dreaming of how great I could be, and continued working hard. Each time I closed my eyes I could see me shining bright like a sun.
We all can be masters at our craft, but you have to make sacrifices that come along with making that decision.
I'm reflective only in the sense that I learn to move forward. I reflect with a purpose.
These young guys are playing checkers. I'm out there playing chess.
I'm chasing perfection.
The hunger [to success] is the same, no matter what it is that you're doing. It's like an unquenchable thirst to learn more, or to feel like you could have done more, and to be brutally honest and self critical, which is very hard to do. It's easy, and human nature is to just blame somebody else. It's very, very hard to self assess.
Love me or hate me, it's one or the other. Always has been. Hate my game, my swagger. Hate my fadeaway, my hunger. Hate that I'm a veteran. A champion. Hate that. Hate it with all your heart. And hate that I'm loved, for the exact same reasons.
I've pretty much done all I can here and, you know, God will carry me the rest of the way, so I'm pretty comfortable with that.
The party's just getting started. This is where the fun starts.
Once you open your eyes and start looking around you, you start picking up things that are very obvious.
The important thing is that your teammates have to know you're pulling for them and you really want them to be successful.
I've known for a long time that they're a bunch of idiots.
What I'm doing right now, I'm chasing perfection... and if I don't get it, I'm going to get this close.
I don't talk trash often, but when I do, I go for the jugular.
Basketball is my refuge, my sanctuary. I go back to being a kid on the playground. When I get here, it's all good.
You can't go and anticipate what it is that you want to see. You just have to be present. Be where you are.
My parents are my backbone. Still are. They're the only group that will support you if you score zero or you score 40.
The motivation for me is just the game itself, just playing the game the right way and trying to win, compete every time I step out there on the floor. That's motivation enough for me to go out there and play well.
Diligent accumulation of personal wealth is not inherently ungodly so long as it is complemented by equally diligent distribution of personal wealth.
