What good does it do to be afraid? It doesn't help anything. You better try and figure out what's happening and correct it.
I would strongly recommend any young man to stay away from criminal law. It's not a good place to be, unfortunately.
The zeal, bravery, and good behavior of the officers and men on the night of June 30, and during July 1, was commendable in the extreme.
You know, we always tried to rationalize by saying you take the good, you take the upside, you got to deal with the downside, you've to take the downside.
I have a very, very good memory, and I always remember the people who have done right by me and the people who have done wrong by me.
I wish to be useful, and every kind of service necessary to the public good becomes honorable by being necessary.
I think sportsmanship is knowing that it is a game, that we are only as a good as our opponents, and whether you win or lose, to always give 100 percent.
I'm surrounded by nothing but great people. I've been blessed with that, so really, I've got no choice but to be an all-around good person.
We must reach out our hand in friendship and dignity both to those who would befriend us and those who would be our enemy.
I'm a pretty funny guy, and I would love to do a comedy with a bunch of funny guys - movie-star guys, where they could help me through it.
God put us here to prepare this place for the next generation. That's our job. Raising children and helping the community, that's preparing for the next generation.
God guided me to America and gave me a good job. But he also gave me a heart so I would look back.
Life is easy when you're hot. But what happens when the ball bounces the other way? You just keep getting back up and climbing up.
You have to go understand that life and baseball is littered with all kinds of obstacles and problems along the way. You have to learn how to overcome them to be successful in life.
I think it goes hand in hand because if you discipline yourself on the floor, as you become an older player or a more seasoned individual, it adds structure in your life.
Everyone looks me and says, 'I'm not going to let that Asian kid embarrass me. I'm going to go at him.' That's how it's been my whole life.
Life is not a spectator sport. If you're going to spend your whole life in the grandstand just watching what goes on, in my opinion you're wasting your life.
Once you have been through a certain amount of things in life, you definitely grow more comfortable with yourself. To persevere and hang in there and believe in yourself.
One of the things I teach my children is that I have always invested in myself, and I have never stopped learning, never stopped growing.
Basketball, in America, is like a culture. It is like a foreigner learning a new language. It is difficult to learn foreign languages and it will also be difficult for me to learn the culture for basketball here.
People wonder why I love Africa so much. I say this is where I was born and raised. My roots are in Africa; that's were I developed.
