For a competitive junkie like me, golf is a great solution because it smacks you in the face every time you think you have accomplished something. That to me has taken over a lot of the energy and competitiveness for basketball.

I hope the millions of people I've touched have the optimism and desire to share their goals and hard work and persevere with a positive attitude.

If you accept the expectations of others, especially negative ones, then you never will change the outcome.

Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence wins championships.

Gambling is legal and betting is legal, for what I bet.

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. And that is why I succeed.

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

Be true to the game, because the game will be true to you. If you try to shortcut the game, then the game will shortcut you. If you put forth the effort, good things will be bestowed upon you. That's truly about the game, and in some ways that's about life too.

I want to wake up every day and do whatever comes in my mind, and not feel pressure or obligations to do anything else in my life.

I'd like to be settled into somewhat of a normal life. Somewhat. I know it's never going to be completely normal.