"I just want to be myself, and I think that's the best thing I can be."

"I've missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I've lost almost 300 games. 26 times, I've been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I've failed over and over and over again in my life. An…"

"I believe in the power of the mind."

"I don't believe in half-assing anything."

"I want to be perceived as a guy who played his best every night, who was a good teammate, who was fair to his opponents."