American Quotes

A lot of time you write out of some unconscious place. I try to trust what is coming and where it wants to take me.

People who think dying is the worst thing don't know a thing about life.

Yes, the future certainly looks brighter now. I'm very happy with my group.

It was suggested that I take a recording test. I passed, was liked and, well, you know the rest of the story.

Yeah, I play a lot of their games. Going way back to Bulls vs. Lakers to the later Live stuff, I go at it quite a bit. More than anything tough, I play Madden.

We're going to turn this team around 360 degrees.

There's always room for improvement. We have a nucleus that's pretty good. You want players that will help.

There are many really good teams in our conference this season. Miami, Indiana and Detroit will be our fiercest opponents this year. But we just have to focus on our game and be patient with the realistic hope that we'll be on top after all is said and done.

The business always gets in the way of basketball.

The 76ers currently play very good basketball, and we don't. However, we are still only one win behind them. If we continue to improve, we should be on the top of our division at the end of the regular season.

Kobe enjoys that situation. Stepping up and making the big basket or being involved in a key play.

If there wasn't any business and it was just strictly basketball, then there would be no issue, it would probably be done by now. But the team has to protect.

I've got to play free agency out, and I've got to look at all of my options.

I'm a football guy at heart; maybe I should have played football for a living instead, because I play a lot of football videogames, I'm really into them.

I think we're going in the right direction.

I think that realistically we can shoot for the title this year. If we stay healthy and be persistent throughout the season, I think we have good chance to go all the way.

Oh, I think, watching Magic, him being one of my... I'm one of his biggest fans, and just trying to emulate what he did, going out on the playground, and also playing with older guys.

I'm a high-risk taker on the court in the sense of trying to squeeze things in there.

Hard work does pay, and you just have to continue to work, and you got two guys, when you're talking about Gary and myself, we have a God-given talent, but we worked at it and we're happy to be where we are today.

When I was a little kid I used to play with guys twice my age, so, I was the last one picked, so if I picked I knew that I had to get the ball to the scorer if I wanted to stay on the court, so that was pretty much my job.

A lot of late nights in the gym, a lot of early mornings, especially when your friends are going out, you're going to the gym, those are the sacrifices that you have to make if you want to be an NBA basketball player.

You can only govern men by serving them. The rule is without exception.

You can hype a questionable product for a little while, but you'll never build an enduring business.

Information is a negotiator's greatest weapon.

In business, the competition will bite you if you keep running, if you stand still, they will swallow you.

Entrepreneurs are risk takers, willing to roll the dice with their money or reputation on the line in support of an idea or enterprise. They willingly assume responsibility for the success or failure of a venture and are answerable for all its facets.

An entrepreneur assumes the risk and is dedicated and committed to the success of whatever he or she undertakes.

What's really important in life? Sitting on a beach? Looking at television eight hours a day? I think we have to appreciate that we're alive for only a limited period of time, and we'll spend most of our lives working.

Procrastination is opportunity's assassin.

Even if you fall on your face, you're still moving forward.