. . . experience should warn us that tough and unpopular decisions are only made under intense political pressure produced by urgent necessity.
A team like Golden State, when they get into a rhythm they make shots.
You have to be able to accept failure to get better.
Basketball isn't easy. All my life I've been striving to make myself better. It's a full time commitment. To be the best, you have to work the hardest. You have to chase what seems impossible over and over and over again, because giving up is not an option, and when you feel like you've reached your limit, it's only the beginning, that's when the time to dig deep, to find the courage to push some more, because if you've got the drive, the discipline, and the resolve to do what it takes to make yourself great, then the rewards are endless.
Don't be afraid of failure. This is the way to succeed.
The best teacher in life is experience.
In Northeast Ohio, nothing is given. Everything is earned. You work for what you have.
The mark of a true politician is that he is never at a loss for words because he is always half-expecting to be asked to make a speech.
You had to know a person well to make them laugh like that.
Part of my spiritual work is learning to live with the knowledge that we can't protect our loved ones from pain and heartache.
Among the Diaries beginning with the second quarter of our century, there is frequent mention of a lady then becoming famous for her beauty and her wit: "an unusual combination," in the deliberate syllables of one of the writers, who is, however, not disposed to personal irony when speaking of her.