I wasn't really a work conscious type of person.
I've always believed that if you put in the work, the results will come.
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.
If you're trying to achieve, there will be roadblocks. I've had them everybody has had them. But 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.
When I lose the sense of motivation and the sense to prove something as a basketball player, it's time for me to move away from the game.
As athletes, we're used to reacting quickly. Here, it's 'come, stop, come, stop.' There's a lot of downtime. That's the toughest part of the day.
Just play. Have fun. Enjoy the game.
Always turn a negative situation into a positive situation.
The game is my wife. It demands loyalty and responsibility, and it gives me back fulfillment and peace.
Ultimately, if you can say that I'm a bad owner and we're winning championships, I can live with that. But if we're not making the playoffs and we're spending and losing money, then I have to look in the mirror and say maybe I'm not taking the necessary steps to doing what it takes to run an organization.
In any investment, you expect to have fun and make money.
Even when I'm old and grey, I won't be able to play it, but I'll still love the game.
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.
In college I never realized the opportunities available to a pro athlete. I've been given the chance to meet all kinds of people, to travel and expand my financial capabilities, to get ideas and learn about life, to create a world apart from basketball.
I'd like to be settled into somewhat of a normal life. Somewhat. I know it's never going to be completely normal.
I want to wake up every day and do whatever comes in my mind, and not feel pressure or obligations to do anything else in my life.
I've failed over and over and over again in my life and that is why I succeed.
I've missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I've lost almost 300 games. 26 times, I've been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I've failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.
Gambling is legal and betting is legal, for what I bet.
Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence wins championships.