In basketball - as in life - true joy comes from being fully present in each and every moment, not just when things are going your way.
What to do with a mistake: recognize it, admit it, learn from it, forget it.
I can accept failure, everyone fails at something. But I can't accept not trying.
Some people want it to happen, some wish it would happen, others make it happen.
Just play. Have fun. Enjoy the game.
Get the fundamentals down and the level of everything you do will rise
I know fear is an obstacle for some people, but it is an illusion to me . . . Failure always made me try harder next time.
My heroes are and were my parents. I can't see having anyone else as my heroes.
You can practice shooting eight hours a day, but if your technique is wrong, then all you become is very good at shooting the wrong way. Get the fundamentals down and the level of everything you do will rise.
If you make every game a life and death proposition, you're going to have problems. For one thing, you'll be dead a lot.
There is no such thing as life in-between.
I never looked at the consequences of missing a big shot... when you think about the consequences you always think of a negative result.
Remember this, the choices you make in life, make you.
Everyting negative - pressure, challenges - is all an opportunity for me to rise.
I'll do whatever it takes to win games, whether it's sitting on a bench waving a towel, handing a cup of water to a teammate, or hitting the game-winning shot.
Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence wins championships.
You have to expect things of yourself before you can do them.
You can't get much done in life if you only work on the days when you feel good.
I've failed over and over and over again in my life and that is why I succeed. Some people want it to happen, some wish it would happen, others make it happen. I can accept failure, everyone fails at something. But I can't accept not trying.
The game is my wife. It demands loyalty and responsibility, and it gives me back fulfillment and peace.
I've missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I've lost almost 300 games. 26 times, I've been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I've failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.
I've failed over and over and over again in my life and that is why I succeed.
I don't need too much. Glamour and all that stuff don't excite me. I am just glad I have the game of basketball in my life.
You miss 100% of the shots you don't take.
If you do the work you get rewarded. There are no shortcuts in life.
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