I needed to go to class; I needed to go to practice; I needed to have a life away from basketball.
High school dropouts are forfeiting their opportunity to pursue the American Dream.
The word ‘leukemia’ is a very frightening word. In many instances, it’s a killer and it’s something that you have to deal with in a very serious and determined way if you’re going to beat it.
Either because I was an athlete or because I was black – probably both – there seemed to be a clear assumption that I wouldn’t be up to the work.
He doesn’t necessarily have to learn the sky hook. He just has to learn how to be an effective post player. I think I can help him do that.
We want to show how hip-hop, which kind of fuels today’s basketball stars, is directly related to jazz.
Elgin’s game was an incredible performance, also. I don’t think there’s any comparison. Elgin did it without three-point lines. His game was attacking the hoop and hitting jumpers inside 20 feet. Kobe’s range is unreal, and he does it his way.
All the courage and competitiveness of Jackie Robinson affects me to this day. If I patterned my life after anyone it was him, not because he was the first black baseball player in the majors but because he was a hero.
The first time I shot the hook, I was in fourth grade, and I was about five feet eight inches tall. I put the ball up and felt totally at ease with the shot. I was completely confident it would go in. I’ve been shooting it ever since.
He had breath in him once,” he declared. “He is to be treated with respect, no matter the cost.” “Now is not the time for empty ritual,” Holmes thundered. “Now is precisely the time!” Douglas thundered back. “When we ourselves are empty, it is the ritual that turns us human again.
The person unaware of history is like a rudderless boat just floating out in the middle of the ocean, hostages to the waves and currents.
Pride goeth before destruction,” he quoted, “and a haughty spirit before a fall.
The foolish will tread where the wise will not,” Holmes replied. “If we waited for the wisdom of this venture, Douglas and I would still be in London.” “To fools, then!” Little Huan exclaimed. “To fools!” the others declared.
You won’t win until you learn how to lose. I don’t like to do it, to lose, but I can stand it. Along with everything else, you have to acquire the ability to accept defeat. No one makes it without stumbling.
If you get yourself too engrossed in things over which you have no control, it’s going to adversely affect the things over which you have control.” His.
My opponent now is myself, my inclination toward laziness.
Learn from others and never cease trying to be the best you can possibly be... If you get yourself too engrossed in things over which you have no control, it’s going to adversely affect the things over which you have control.
Racists often take their cues on how to act from the way the government behaves. If the government is actively campaigning against racism, they hide their feelings and do nothing. If the government is indifferent to racism by not prosecuting it, then they feel it’s okay to come out of hiding and attack.
At times when I am feeling low, I hear from a friend and then, My worries start to go away, and I am on the mend. No matter what the doctors say, and their studies never end, The best cure of all, when spirits fall, is a kind word from a friend.
I like to think about that story sometimes because it reminds me that, although we like to think of our heroes as perfect, the harsh truth is that they became heroes by making mistakes and learning from them. To me, that makes them even more heroic.
Am I not destroying my enemies when I make friends of them?