“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....”

“You must expect great things of yourself before you can do them.”

“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.”

“Everybody has talent, but ability takes hard work.”

“I have failed many times, and that's why I am a success.”

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

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

“Nervous means you want to play. Scared means you don't want to play.”

“The only difference between a good shot and a bad shot is if it goes in or not”

“If you have to do the work, do it well, with all your heart.”

“If a man is called to be a street sweeper, he should sweep streets even as a Michaelangelo painted, or Beethoven composed music or Shakespeare wrote poetry. He should sweep streets so well that all...”

“Trademark yourself with the mark of excellence.”