I’m not afraid of dying, I’m afraid of not trying.
The most important thing is you must put everybody on notice that you’re here and you are for real. I’m not a player that is just going to come and go. I’m not a player that is going to make an All-Star team one time, two times. I’m here to be an all-time great. Once I made that commitment and said, ‘I want to be one of the greatest ever’, then the game became everything for me.
在一个充满仇恨的世界,我们仍须勇于希望。在一个充满愤怒的世界,我们仍须勇于安慰。在一个充满绝望的世界,我们仍须勇于梦想。在一个充满猜忌的世界,我们仍须勇于相信。
Get into a rut early: Do the same process the same way. Accumulate idioms. Standardize. The only difference(!) between Shakespeare and you was the size of his idiom list - not the size of his vocabulary.
The task of diplomacy is to extend the time for decision.
I don't want to be a role model. I want to be a human being.