Nobody roots for Goliath.

It just wasn't right the way they were behind by 25 points and then they're told to hold the ball.

Everybody pulls for David, nobody roots for Goliath.

I get constant reminders from fans who equate that game and my career as one and the same.

But the point of using the number was to show that sex was a great part of my life as basketball was a great part of my life. That's the reason why I was single.

The man who won't loan money isn't going to have many friends - or need them.

If you have ability in a certain area, why not capitalize on it and improve it and use it?

With all of you men out there who think that having a thousand different ladies is pretty cool, I have learned in my life I've found out that having one woman a thousand different times is much more satisfying.

Nobody roots for Goliath.

And I remember leaving my place in L.A. and - my father is a big fight fan - and I said, 'Dad, I got a couple of days off and I'm getting ready to go to Houston to sign to fight Muhammad Ali.

They were so clever finding ways to get me the ball. They had to do more than just give up open shots. They had to avoid fouls and pass me the ball in traffic.

I couldn't have come close without my teammates' help because the Knicks didn't want me to make 100.

It was a challenge to my teammates to help me.

I believe that good things come to those who work.

When you go out there and do the things you're supposed to do, people view you as selfish.

You must understand as a kid of color in those days, the Harlem Globetrotters were like being movie stars.

I guarantee you, if you could give me 10 points in all those seventh games against the Boston Celtics, instead of Bill Russell having 11 rings, I could've at least had nine or eight.

We're all fascinated by the numbers, as we were about the 100 points.

They were willing to do anything to stop me.

They say that nobody is perfect. Then they tell you practice makes perfect. I wish they’d make up their minds.

They say that nobody is perfect. Then they tell you practice makes perfect. I wish they'd make up their minds.

Monogamy is the true path to happiness.

What we don't have a right to is healthcare, housing, or handouts. We don't have those rights.

Filming 'Doctor Who' is so incredibly different to 'Spooks.' Near to the surface, there's quite a silly atmosphere. A lot of the times, you're on the verge of giggles because it's so over the top.

I don't like to deal with studios.

If we command our wealth, we shall be rich and free; if our wealth commands us, we are poor indeed.

Big companies are like marching bands. Even if half the band is playing random notes, it still sounds kind of like music. The concealment of failure is built into them.

Everyone has their own different life experiences which make them who they are. No two people's life experiences are the same. And mine are just unique to me.

I think we all like to get away from our troubles and worries with a good book.

The elephant can survive only if forests survive.

Where there is so much racket, there must be something out of kilter. I think that 'twixt the Negroes of the South and the women at the North, all talking about rights, the white men will be in a fix pretty soon.

One moment cannot be the most important.

Ive gone through a really hard divorce and anyone who has gone through a divorce will speak about how hard the journey is from start to finish. Its a life uprooting time.

Even an independent label is looking for a hit, they're not looking for a record that's not gonna do well.

Walk away from every workout feeling proud, accomplished, and strong as hell.

If you're going to write a book that might, in its very best accidental career, sell 30,000 copies, you've got to have a day job.

I wrote a book, and I just love it when people come up to me and say, 'I read your book and loved it.'

The essence of justice is mercy.

I think education is one of the greatest tools for most kids not only to expand their book knowledge, but their ability to experience new things - I think it opens more doors than any other experience I can think of.

You can always take the easy way out and give up but real strength comes when you decide to keep pushing forward no matter what the circumstances are.

I'd be lying if I said that any part of writing is easy for me, but I have always found that setting comes more naturally to me than, say, writing action scenes.

I'm remembering one book that I wrote, 'Fourth Grade Rats,' that took a month to write, but most of them, full-length novels, I would say about a year.

The problem in the 19th century with information was that we lived in a culture of information scarcity, and so humanity addressed that problem beginning with photography and telegraphy and the - in the 1840s. We tried to solve the problem of overcoming the limitations of space, time, and form.

I aspire to be the president of all Venezuelans. The message is clear. Venezuelans are fed up with confrontation, with division.

Who will grieve for this woman? Does she not seem too insignificant for our concern? Yet in my heart I never will deny her, Who suffered death because she chose to turn.

I love going to conventions, and I love spending time with the fans and going to parts of the world where I wouldn't normally go.