Learn from others and never cease trying to be the best you can possibly be...If you get yourself too engrossed in things over which you have no cont… - Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

If you get yourself too engrossed in things over which you have no control, it’s going to adversely affect the things over which you have control.” His

The person unaware of history is like a rudderless boat just floating out in the middle of the ocean, hostages to the waves and currents.

I'm not comfortable being preachy, but more people have to start spending as much time in the library as they do on the basketball court. If they took to the idea that they could escape poverty through education, I think it would make a more basic and long-lasting change in the way things happen. When we set up unrealistic goals and then don't achieve them, that's another example of internalized defeat. What we need are positive, realistic ideas and the willingness to work. Hard work and practical goals.

You have to be able to center yourself, to let all of your emotions go. Don’t ever forget that you play with your soul as well as your body.