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“Basketball is a beautiful game when the five players on the court play with one heartbeat.”

“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.”

“If you're trying to achieve, there will be roadblocks. I've had them; everybody has had them. But obstacles don't have to stop you. If you run into a wall, don't turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it.”

“I've failed over and over and over again in my life and that is why I succeed.”

“My attitude is that if you push me towards something that you think is a weakness, then I will turn that perceived weakness into a strength.”

“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.”

“Always turn a negative situation into a positive situation.”

“To be successful you have to be selfish, or else you never achieve. And once you get to your highest level, then you have to be unselfish. Stay reachable. Stay in touch. Don't isolate.”

“Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence wins championships.”

“Just play. Have fun. Enjoy the game.”

“I've always believed that if you put in the work, the results will come.”

“You have to expect things of yourself before you can do them.”

“What you are as a person is far more important than what you are as a basketball player.”

“The strength of the team is each individual member. The strength of each member is the team.”

“One man can be a crucial ingredient on a team, but one man cannot make a team.”

“There are plenty of teams in every sport that have great players and never win titles. Most of the time, those players aren't willing to sacrifice for the greater good of the team. The funny thing is, in the end, their unwillingness to sacrifice only makes individual goals more difficult to achieve. One thing I believe to the fullest is that if you think and achieve as a team, the individual accolades will take care of themselves. Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence win championships.”

“Great teamwork is the only way we create the breakthroughs that define our careers.”

“Good teams become great ones when the members trust each other enough to surrender the Me for the We.”

“The best teams have chemistry. They communicate with each other and they sacrifice personal glory for a common goal.”

“One man cannot make a team.”

“If you run into a wall, don't turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it.”

“Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it.”