“It is possible to become discouraged about the injustice we see everywhere. But God did not promise us that the world would be humane and just. He gives us the gift of life and allows us to choose the way we will use our limited time on earth. It is an awesome opportunity.”

“While we are postponing, life speeds by.”

“Life stands before me like an eternal spring with new and brilliant clothes.”

“I've learned that you shouldn't go through life with a catcher's mitt on both hands you need to be able to throw something back.”

“The aim of life is to live, and to live means to be aware, joyously, drunkenly, serenely, divinely aware.”

“The best thing to hold onto in life is each other.”

“Hold fast to dreams, for if dreams die, life is a broken-winged bird that cannot fly.”

“Without work, all life goes rotten. But when work is soulless, life stifles and dies.”

“In college I never realized the opportunities available to a pro athlete. I've been given the chance to meet all kinds of people, to travel and expand my financial capabilities, to get ideas and learn about life, to create a world apart from basketball.”