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.
Everything negative – pressure, challenges – is all an opportunity for me to rise.
I think that game is a testament to what happens when you put no ceiling to what you’re capable of doing.
It’s not about the number of hours you practice, it’s about the number of hours your mind is present during the practice.
Where are your balls at?
There is power in understanding the journey of others to help create your own.
I feel like I just returned a 100-yard kickoff in the last two minutes of the Super Bowl to win it all, only to have my run called back by a flag on the play.
I have nothing in common with lazy people who blame others for their lack of success. Great things come from hard work and perseverance. No excuses.
Listen to how everyone is talking about you. You have to use it as fuel for motivation.
I can’t relate to lazy people. We don’t speak the same language. I don’t understand you. I don’t want to understand you.
I wear the number 10 Jersey for the US National Team in honour of the Greatest athlete I have ever seen: Messi.
He shouldn’t have been in the NBA, but we were too cheap to pay for a point guard.
If you make it, great. If you miss it, what’s there to be afraid of?
You always have to be on edge. You always have to take every practice, every game, like it is your last.
If you want to make history, you have to do historic things.
Basketball is my refuge, my sanctuary. I go back to being a kid on the playground. When I get here, it’s all good.
In an individual sport, yes, you have to win titles. Baseball’s different. But basketball, hockey? One person can control the tempo of a game, can completely alter the momentum of a series. There’s a lot of great individual talent.
Winning takes precedence over all. There’s no gray area. No almosts.
The people who truly know me know what I’m like. There have been people who try to say things that aren’t fair, and I check them. And then they don’t like me because I checked them.
You’re my backbone. You’re a blessing. You’re a piece of my heart. You’re the air I breathe. And you’re the strongest person I know, and I’m so sorry for having to put you through this and having to put our family through this.