Sometimes a player's greatest challenge is coming to grips with his role on the team.
Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it.
You always have to give 100%,because if you don't someone, somewhere will give 100% and they will beat you when you meet.
The best teams have chemistry. They communicate with each other and they sacrifice personal glory for a common goal.
Be more concerned with your character than your reputation.
It's not how big you are, it's how big you play.
If you are afraid of failure, you don't deserve success.
One man cannot make a team.
When I was young, I never wanted to leave the court until I got things exactly correct. My dream was to become a pro.
If I weren't earning $3 million a year to dunk a basketball, most people on the street would run in the other direction if they saw me coming.
Good, Better, Best. Never let it rest. Until your Good is Better, and your Better is your Best.
The strength of the team is each individual member. The strength of each member is the team.
Pressure can burst a pipe, or pressure can make a diamond.
Even when I'm old and grey, I won't be able to play it, but I'll still love the game.
Do your best when no one is looking. If you do that, then you can be successful at anything you put your mind to
Everyting negative - pressure, challenges - is all an opportunity for me to rise.
You can't win unless you learn how to lose.
I wanted to do two things when I was growing up, about your age. I wanted to play in the NBA, and I wanted to be a businessman after my basketball career was over, and that is what I am doing now.
All kids need is a little help, a little hope and somebody who believes in them.
The only way you're going to get through life, happily, is being yourself.
I think I started learning lessons about being a good person long before I ever knew what basketball was. And that starts in the home, it starts with the parental influence.
Do your best when no one is looking.
Once you are labeled 'the best' you want to stay up there, and you can't do it by loafing around.
Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence wins championships.
What to do with a mistake: recognize it, admit it, learn from it, forget it.
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