"I want to be perceived as a guy who played his best in all facets, not just scoring. A guy who loved challenges."

"Be true to the game, because the game will be true to you. If you try to shortcut the game, then the game will shortcut you. If you put forth the effort, good things will be bestowed upon you. That's truly about the game, and in some ways that's about life too."

"The game of basketball has been everything to me. My place of refuge, place I've always gone where I needed comfort and peace. It's been the site of intense pain and the most intense feelings of joy and satisfaction. It's a relationship that has evolved over time, given me the greatest respect and love for the game."

"I'd like to be settled into somewhat of a normal life. Somewhat. I know it's never going to be completely normal."

"Stillness is not emptiness; it is the presence of unencumbered clarity. For where clarity resides, peace inevitably follows."

"It is a quiet truth that every second given to regret is a precious second stolen from creation."

"The things that will destroy America are prosperity-at-any-price, peace-at-any-price, safety-first instead of duty-first, the love of soft living, and the get-rich-quick theory of life."

"It is a unyielding truth that in the quiet sanctuary of self-reflection, the soul finds its rhythm — an essential principle for the reflective life."