“Hard work beats talent when talent fails to work hard.”

“I'm a basketball player. That's what I do and what I love but that's just not all who I am. I'm talented in a lot of different areas.”

“I've got a long way to go to being the ultimate best, but I think my time is now. And I'm starting to enter my prime.”

“I'm just trying to grow. That's one thing I told myself is, 'Don't worry about who people say is the best player.'”

“I just want to grow spiritually with the Lord. I'm keeping strong at it, just trying to make my walk with faith a little better.”

“My mom just wants to make sure that my heart is always in whatever I do and I'm in things for the right reasons.”

“It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for what you are not.”

“If I am going to be drownedif I am going to be drownedif I am going to be drowned, why, in the name of the seven mad gods who rule the sea, was I allowed to come thus far and contemplate sand and t...”

“I'm an Earth ecstatic, and my creed is simple: All life is sacred, life loves life, and we are capable of improving our behavior toward one another. As basic as that is, for me it's also tonic and ...”

“Growing up, I had the weird fantasy list: I wanted to be Alice Cooper, Steven Spielberg, and Stan Lee. You have to have almost psychotic drive, because you're going to have years of failure.”

“Growing up, I didn't feel cool; I didn't fit into any crowd.”

“When you're growing up, I think there's this idea that the coolest people are the ones who are really rude and feverish. But I've come to realize that isn't cool.”

“My life is my message.”

“One of the most important days of my life was when I learned to ride a bicycle.”

“My life is like a speeding bullet that just hasn't hit the target yet.”