I tell kids to pursue their basketball dreams, but I tell them to not let that be their only dream.

I didn't seek attention. I just wanted to play the game well and go home.

When we went up against better teams, I just hoped that we could steal the victories.

My choosing Islam was not a political statement; it was a spiritual statement.

Islam is about finding your own space.

My biggest resource is my mind.

Your mind is what makes everything else work.

Some stuff can be fixed, some stuff can’t be. Deciding which is part of maturing.

A lot of players think the game is all about individual performances when it's all about a team game.

I can do something else besides stuff a ball through a hoop. My biggest resource is my mind.

If ISIS represents Islam, then the KKK represents Christianity

What we need are positive, realistic goals and the willingness to work. Hard work and practical goals.

You can't win unless you learn how to lose.

Good thoughts are no better than good dreams unless they are executed.

I think that the good and the great are only separated by the willingness to sacrifice.

One man can be a crucial ingredient on a team, but one man cannot make a team.

My name's been on this check for a week now.

My opinion about basketball, the way I was taught, was when you step on the court, you play to win.

Once you are labeled 'the best' you want to stay up there, and you can't do it by loafing around.