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In order to grow, you must accept new responsibilities, no matter how uncertain you may feel or how unprepared you are to deal with them.
Sep 10, 2025
None of us can change our yesterdays but all of us can change our tomorrows.
Nothing has any power over me other than that which I give it through my conscious thoughts.
In life, never spend more than 10 percent of your time on the problem, and spend at least 90 percent of your time on the solution.
You can't hire someone to practice for you.
Attitude is a choice. What you think you can do, whether positive or negative, confident or scared, will most likely happen.
By itself, practice does not make perfect. Those of us with a ten-year-old son practicing the trumpet may understand that.
There is generally not any conscious thought; it's all instinct, and practice takes over.
I can't stand a ballplayer who plays in fear. Anybody who has a good shot has got to take it and keep taking it. So he misses...so what?
The greatest strength any human being an have is to recognize his or her own weaknesses. When you identify your weaknesses, you can begin to remedy them - or at least figure out how to work around them.
Our self image and our habits tend to go together. Change one and you will automatically change the other.
Heart in champions has to do with the depth of our motivation and how well your mind and body react to pressure - that is, being able to do what you do best under maximum pain and stress.
A man is as big as the measure of his thinking.
Pressure can burst a pipe, or pressure can make a diamond.
Be a famous musician. Be a famous act or. Be a famous write r. Be a famous basketball player. Be famous.
You have to be able to center yourself, to let all of your emotions go... Don't ever forget that you play with your soul as well as your body.
If I weren't earning $3 million a year to dunk a basketball, most people on the street would run in the other direction if they saw me coming.
As far as carrying the torch for the years to come, I don't know. I just want to be the best basketball player I can be.
Even when I'm old and grey, I won't be able to play it, but I'll still love the game.
I never thought a role model should be negative.
All kids need is a little help, a little hope and somebody who believes in 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.
I think that the team that wins game five will win the series. Unless we lose game five.
The extra pass and the extra effort on defense always get the job done.
If you're a basketball player, you've got to shoot.
It doesn't matter who scores the points, it's who can get the ball to the scorer.
These are my new shoes. They're good shoes. They won't make you rich like me, they won't make you rebound like me, they definitely won't make you handsome like me. They'll only make you have shoes like me. That's it.
And I want to do it the right way, like everybody else, not just a famous figurehead that gets a job because he is a famous basketball player. I want to really learn the business.
The only difference between a good shot and a bad shot is if it goes in or not.
It's not how big you are, it's how big you play.
Once you are labeled 'the best' you want to stay up there, and you can't do it by loafing around.
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.
I've always believed that if you put in the work, the results will come.
Sometimes a player's greatest challenge is coming to grips with his role on the team.
I play to win, whether during practice or a real game.
They say that nobody is perfect. Then they tell you practice makes perfect. I wish they'd make up their minds.
You don't have to live anybody else's story.
Everybody pulls for David, nobody roots for Goliath.
Me shooting 40% at the foul line is just God's way to say nobody's perfect.
Never underestimate the heart of a champion.
You play with your soul as well as your body.
I know I'm never as good or bad as one single performance. I've never believed in my critics or my worshippers, and I've always been able to leave the game at the arena.
Don't get angry; get better.
I've always believed that if you put in the work, the results will come. I don't do things half-heartedly. Because I know if I do, then I can expect half-hearted results.
Be more concerned with your character than your reputation.
Be more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are.
Give your dreams all you've got, and you'll be amazed at the energy that comes out of you.
Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.
Great players are willing to give up their own personal achievement for the achievement of the group. It enhances everybody.
Argue for your limitations, and sure enough they're yours.