The key to success is to keep growing in all areas of life—mental, emotional, spiritual, as well as physical.
The invention of basketball was not an accident. It was developed to meet a need. Those boys simply would not play 'Drop the Handkerchief.'
Winning takes precedence over all. There's no gray area. No almosts.
Basketball is like photography, if you don't focus, all you have is the negative.
I can accept failure, everyone fails at something. But I can't accept not trying.
I've failed over and over and over again in my life and that is why I succeed.
You can't put a limit on anything. The more you dream, the farther you get.
The game is my wife. It demands loyalty and responsibility, and it gives me back fulfillment and peace.
You have to expect things of yourself before you can do them.
The strength of the team is each individual member. The strength of each member is the team.
Good, better, best. Never let it rest. Until your good is better and your better is best.
You miss 100% of the shots you don't take.
You can't get much done in life if you only work on the days when you feel good.
Good teams become great ones when the members trust each other enough to surrender the 'me' for the 'we'.
Excellence is not a singular act but a habit. You are what you do repeatedly.
Basketball is a beautiful game when the five players on the court play with one heartbeat.
Champions keep playing until they get it right.
The most important measure of how good a game I played was how much better I'd made my teammates play.