Everybody shut up. Let us work.
Winning takes precedence over all. There's no gray area. No almosts.
Sports are such a great teacher. I think of everything they've taught me: camaraderie, humility, how to resolve differences.
I enjoy playing at the heart of it is just a kid who really loves playing the game of basketball.
There's a through line that connects all of us.
What people see on court is another side of me; it's not me.
My brain cannot process failure... It WILL not process failure
Friends come and go but banners hang forever.
One thing you gotta know about me is I have absolutely no filter. I have no problem saying what the hell I think of someone.
I think that game is a testament to what happens when you put no ceiling to what you're capable of doing.
Dear Basketball, From the moment I started rolling my dad's tube socks and shooting imaginary game-winning shots ... I fell in love with you.
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.
I'm a scorer, not a triple-double player
When you have empathy toward your opponents, it helps you destroy them quicker. Because you understand exactly who they are. You understand what buttons to push. You understand if they're insecure, if they fear embarrassment. And you can really hit those buttons to strike a nerve.
I wear the number 10 Jersey for the US National Team in honour of the Greatest athlete I have ever seen: Messi.
I'm playing against great players, playing against the best in the world. The competition-that's what I've always wanted.
Difficulty is a nurse of greatness-a harsh nurse, who rocks her foster children roughly, but rocks them in strength and athletic proportion. The mind, grappling with great aims and wrestling with mighty impediments, grows by a certain necessity to the stature of greatness.
Can I jump over two or three guys like I used to? No. Am I as fast as I used to be? No, but I still have the fundamentals and smarts. That's what enables me to still be a dominant player. As a kid growing up, I never skipped steps. I always worked on fundamentals because I know athleticism is fleeting.
It doesn't bother me at all. Do I hold any hard feelings? Not at all, ... Life is too short to sit around and hold grudges. I don't hold any whatsoever.
I'm focused on the task that lies ahead for us.
Only an idiot would doubt my return
My role is to make sure we're moving in the right direction, getting points, rebounds, steals, assists and providing leadership.
The guy said NBA players are one in a million, ... I said, 'Man, look, I'm going to be that one in a million.
I'm extremely willful to win, and I respond to challenges. Scoring titles and stuff like that... it sounds, well, I don't care how it sounds - to me, scoring comes easy. It's not a challenge to me to win the scoring title, because I know I can.
When you start training camp, you're building the tools necessary to win a championship. You have to have the patience.
