Set higher standards for your own performance than anyone else around you, and your only competition will be with yourself.

I do like to sing to God!.

In New Orleans, you can pitch a rock and hit a great trumpeter..

A weird thing about being an actress is that shooting movies doesn't feel like watching movies. It feels like being in a warehouse..

Failures are infinitely more instructive than successes..

When history calls, history calls..

I've never really liked L.A., because of its sprawl..

The only thing I was any good at was music..

I'm constantly being visually stimulated..

You hear all these stories about, 'There's one in a million guys that make it to the NBA and stay there.' To see people cheering for me and when they….

Everyting negative - pressure, challenges - is all an opportunity for me to rise..

It's not about the number of hours you practice, it's about the number of hours your mind is present during the practice.

Listening and talking to my teammates has helped me learn the NBA game. I know that talent can only take you so far..

The NBA is tough. Everybody plays hard and every game is vital..

I grew up on games like Madden and NBA Jam, then moved on to NFL 2K on Dreamcast. The game I really loved was Virtua Tennis..

I have had some bad shooting games but that doesn't stop me from getting the ball to my teammates.

I don't see it happening unless every NBA player is given a stipend to buy clothes..

Remember that basketball is a game of habits. If you make the other guy deviate from his habits, you've got him.

I was always into sports games. Never really played anything else. I grew up on games like Madden and NBA Jam..

I'm very, very confident in my ability to see the game - even before it's played..

The NBA is becoming a global game..