If you don't do what's best for your body, you're the one who comes up on the short end.
I firmly believe that respect is a lot more important, and a lot greater, than popularity.
The key to success is to keep growing in all areas of life - mental, emotional, spiritual, as well as physical.
Goals determine what you're going to be.
I keep both eyes on my man. The basket hasn't moved on me yet.
Being a professional is doing the things you love to do, on the days you don't feel like doing them.
I think I started learning lessons about being a good person long before I ever knew what basketball was. And that starts in the home, it starts with the parental influence.
When the crowd appreciates you, it encourages you to be a little more daring, I think.
I demand more from myself than anybody could ever expect.
To be great we need to win games we aren't supposed to win.
I liked the game, I enjoyed the game, and the game fed me enough, and gave me enough rewards to reinforce that this is something that I should spend time doing, and that I could possibly make a priority in my life, versus other sports.
I think I was chosen by basketball, although I never really physically got drafted to any team that I played for.
I wanted to undertake the challenge of daring to be great.
Attitude is altitude.
The first professional game that I ever played remains, to me, the most exciting moment of my professional career.
I always try to keep a pretty conservative demeanor on the court.
I think that my God-given physical attributes, big hands, and big feet, the way that I'm built, proportion-wise, just made basketball the most inviting sport for me to play.
I am very proud to be featured, especially when you consider the outstanding champions who have had this honor. It is great company to be in.
It's better to stay too long than to leave too soon.
I grabbed 19 rebounds in my first professional game, and somehow found a way to score 20 points. I felt real good about it. I felt that this was the beginning of something good.
If you get depressed about being the second-best team in the world, then you've got a problem.
And from the first time I picked up a basketball at age eight - I had a lot of difficulty when I first picked up a basketball, because I was a scrub - there were things that I liked about it.
If you've experienced having control, you don't want to be moved to a subordinate position, if you have your druthers.
Many people think sports are totally physical, that you don't have to think, everything is done for you and you're catered to, I found that to be so far removed from the truth that it's almost a joke. The ones who become stars are the ones who have a head on their shoulders and know how to use it.
My mom is one of 14 children. She's a great lady. She's a Taurus. Has been a profound influence in my life, still is to this day. Born in meager surroundings in rural South Carolina.
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