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"The basketball court for me, during a game, is the most peaceful place I can imagine. On the basketball court, I worry about nothing. When I'm out there, no one can bother me."
"Each time I step on the basketball court, I never know what will happen. I live for the moment. I play for the moment."
"Limits, like fear, is often an illusion."
"Obstacles don't have to stop you."
"If you're trying to achieve, there will be roadblocks. I've had them; everybody has had them"
"Don't be like me. Be better than me. That's the goal."
"You always have to focus in life on what you want to achieve."
"You have to be able to say, OK, that happened back then. Now let's take it from here and see what happens. It would be very easy to hate people for the rest of your life, and some people have done that. You've got to deal with what's happening now and try to make things better."
"If you pass the ball to Bill Cartwright, you'll never get the ball from me."
"My fellow Wilmington, North Carolina native Meadowlark Lemon is a true national treasure. I watched him play for the Harlem Globetrotters when I was growing up and his skill with the basketball and dedication to the game were an inspiration not only to me, but to kids all around the world."
"All I wanted to do was to improve, to keep getting better."
"It's not how hard you pushed along the way. It's having something in you to finish."
"You have to be un-compromised in your level of commitment to whatever you are doing, or it can disappear as fast as it appeared. Commitment cannot be compromised by rewards."
"A leader can't make excuses. There has to be quality in everything you do. Off the court, on the court, in the classroom."
"The game has its ups and downs, but you can never lose focus of your individual goals and you can't let yourself be beat because of lack of effort."
"Other than my parents, no one had a bigger influence on my life than Coach Smith. He was more than a coach – he was my mentor, my teacher, my second father. Coach was always there for me whenever I needed him and I loved him for it. In teaching me the game of basketball, he taught me about life. My heart goes out to Linnea and their kids. We've lost a great man who had an incredible impact on his players, his staff and the entire UNC family."
"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."
"Being afraid on the court, means you're not confident of your skills"
"Patience. I will become what I know I am."
"The good part about being famous is being able to help people. The hard part is every day you have to be in a good mood, because that is what people expect. You learn to get good at it."