Quotes on Basketball

Basketball is booming, and it's not just an Under Armour standpoint: it's about the game itself. Kids going out and playing and being inspired by what we do on the court.

If every basketball player worked as hard as I did, I'd be out of a job

You take those little rascals, talk to them good, pat them on the back, let them think they are good, and they will go out and beat the biguns.

There are times when my passion for basketball led me into confrontations that I could have handled a lot better. I've always been too confrontational, especially when I know I'm right.

Offense is not equal opportunity

What I told [my teammates] after the game was I'm just fortunate [for] my 16 years because, this [injury] can happen every single night you go out and play... It can be over in one instant, so you should appreciate everyday.

I don't believe professional athletes should be role models. I believe parents should be role models.

Accountability is essential to personal growth, as well as team growth. How can you improve if you're never wrong? If you don't admit a mistake and take responsibility for it, you're bound to make the same one again.

Offense sells tickets, defense wins games, rebounding wins championships.

I've accomplished so many things in basketball. I financially secured my kids' life and their future. I'm just happy. I'm just blessed. So anything that I'm not awarded doesn't matter because I've been rewarded enough in this lifetime.

Some people insist they've never met a gay person. But Three Degrees of Jason Collins dictates that no NBA player can claim that anymore. Pro basketball is a family. And pretty much every family I know has a brother, sister or cousin who's gay. In the brotherhood of the NBA, I just happen to be the one who's out.

If you run into a wall, don't turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it.

I've had enough success for two lifetimes, My success is talent put together with hard work and luck.

As we develop new beliefs about who we are, our behavior will change to support the new identity.

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

Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it.

I never think that there's something I can't do, whether it's beating my opponent one on one or practicing another hour because something about my game is just not right.

I'm not comfortable being preachy, but more people need to start spending as much time in the library as they do on the basketball court.

Five guys on the court working together can achieve more than five talented individuals who come and go as individuals.

In life, winning and losing will both happen. What is never acceptable is quitting.

My father gave me the greatest gift anyone could give another person, he believed in me.