You can’t be afraid to fail. It’s the only way you succeed - you’re not gonna succeed all the time, and I know that.
— Commitment is a big part of what I am and what I believe. How committed are you to winning? How committed are you to being a good friend? To being trustworthy? To being successful? How committed are you to being a good father, a good teammate, a good role model? There’s that moment every morning when you look in the mirror: Are you committed, or are you not?
— I like criticism. It makes you strong.
— You know, God gave me a gift to do other things besides play the game of basketball.
— Every night on the court I give my all, and if I’m not giving 100 percent, I criticize myself.
— But sports carried me away from being in a gang, or being associated with drugs. Sports was my way out.
— You have to be able to accept failure to get better.
— I’m going to use all my tools, my God-given ability, and make the best life I can with it.
— The first time I stepped on an NBA court I became a businessman.
— I hate letting my teammates down. I know I’m not going to make every shot. Sometimes I try to make the right play, and if it results in a loss, I feel awful. I don’t feel awful because I have to answer questions about it. I feel awful in that locker room because I could have done something more to help my teammates win.
— I mean, when you grow up in the inner city and you grow up in a single-parent household, that’s - those are humbling times, you know?
— My mom and I have always been there for each other. We had some tough times, but she was always there for me.
— You know, when I have a bad game, it continues to humble me and know that, you know, you still have work to do and you still have a lot of people to impress.
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