When our career is over, when we retire and the basketball stops bouncing, we still have to find something else to do.

You're not getting any recognition as a point guard if you ain't winning.

I'm just going to be myself. And when you're bein' yourself, you don't have to back up lies or the stories you told. You don't got to sugarcoat nothin'.

In eighth grade, I was actually better in football. I played running back, wide receiver, and safety - just like Allen Iverson.

My biggest motivation is knowing what it feels like to win medals and thinking that I want that feeling again. It was incredible to succeed in Beijing and come home to your whole country behind you but, importantly, all your family and friends.

Writing is a strange and solitary activity. There are dispiriting times when you start working on the first few pages of a novel. Every day, you have the feeling you are on the wrong track. This creates a strong urge to go back and follow a different path. It is important not to give in to this urge but to keep going.

It is a fact often observed, that men have written good verses under the inspiration of passion, who cannot write well under other circumstances.

I am convinced after more than 50 years in the field of motivation that anyone who wants to learn to look at life and/or their circumstances in a positive light can do so.