I am a positive person. I never think of the glass as half empty. I just keep pushing forward. - Rosie Perez

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I talk to God but the sky is empty.

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I would tell players to relax and never think about what's at stake. Just think about the basketball game. If you start to think about who is going to win the championship, you've lost your focus. - Michael Jordan

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If the future, as imagined in literature, is really the present taken to extremes, then the past is also the present, but boiled down. - Walter Kirn

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If you are confident you have done everything possible to prepare yourself, then there is nothing to fear.

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Obstacles cannot bend me. Every obstacle yields to effort.

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There's a lot of blood, sweat, and guts between dreams and success.

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There is no such thing as a perfect basketball player, and I don't believe there is only one greatest player either.- Michael Jordan

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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.

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The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires.

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