"For me, already being part of a single parent household and knowing it was just me and my mom, you'd would wake up times and hope that the next day you'd be able to be alongside your mother because she was out trying to make sure that I was taken care of. But all I cared about was her being home."
"Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow. The important thing is not to stop questioning."
Albert Einstein on Hope"We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope."
Martin Luther King, Jr. on Hope"None are more hopelessly enslaved than those who falsely believe they are free."
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe on Hope"My great hope is to laugh as much as I cry to get my work done and try to love somebody and have the courage to accept the love in return."
Maya Angelou on Hope"I find hope in the darkest of days, and focus in the brightest. I do not judge the universe."
Dalai Lama on Hope"I have short goals - to get better every day, to help my teammates every day - but my only ultimate goal is to win an NBA championship. It's all that matters. I dream about it. I dream about it all the time, how it would look, how it would feel. It would be so amazing."
"To all the positions, I just bring the determination to win. Me being an unselfish player, I think that can carry on to my teammates. When you have one of the best players on the court being unselfish, I think that transfers to the other players."
"You have to be able to accept failure to get better."
"Basketball is my passion, I love it. But my family and friends mean everything to me. That's what's important. I need my phone so I can keep in contact with them at all times."
"You know, my family and friends have never been yes-men: 'Yes, you're doing the right thing, you're always right.' No, they tell me when I'm wrong, and that's why I've been able to stay who I am and stay humble."