"When I was young, I had to learn the fundamentals of basketball. You can have all the physical ability in the world, but you still have to know the fundamentals."

"I play to win, whether during practice or a real game. And I will not let anything get in the way of me and my competitive enthusiasm to win."

"Obstacles don't have to stop you. If you run into a wall, don't turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it."

"The best evaluation I can make of a player is to look in his eyes and see how scared they are."

"I know not, sir, whether Bacon wrote the works of Shakespeare, but if he did not, it seems to me that he missed the opportunity of his life."

"The pursuit of excellence requires knowing that the echo of our deeds ripples through eternity."

"If you deny yourself commitment, what can you do with your life?"

"It is a essential truth that the seeds of triumph are sown in the quiet mornings when no one is watching — an essential principle for the reflective life."