Quotes On Passion

The basketball court for me, during a game, is the most peaceful place I can imagine. On the basketball court, I worry about nothing. When I'm out there, no one can bother me.

Once you join the team, you live at a certain standard that I play the game and I wasn't going to take anything less. When people see this, they gonna say, "He wasn't really a nice guy. He may have been a tyrant." Well, that's you, because you never won anything. I wanted to win, but I wanted them to win and be a part of it as well.

When I lose the sense of motivation and the sense to prove something as a basketball player, it's time for me to move away from the game.

The game is my wife. It demands loyalty and responsibility, and it gives me back fulfillment and peace.

The game of basketball has been everything to me. My place of refuge, place I've always gone where I needed comfort and peace. It's been the site of intense pain and the most intense feelings of joy and satisfaction. It's a relationship that has evolved over time, given me the greatest respect and love for the game.

You know, I have some issues. But I just love to play different characters all the time, and I try not to repeat myself too much.

I love books where you can't get out of bed. You want to consume them in one sitting, devour them. Those are my favorites, where you've almost abandoned your life for them. That doesn't happen every time, but those are the best.

Red is such an interesting color to correlate with emotion, because it's on both ends of the spectrum. On one end you have happiness, falling in love, infatuation with someone, passion... On the other end, you've got obsession, jealousy, danger, fear, anger and frustration. It all comes back to me, and it's red.

If you are lucky enough to find something that you love, and you have a shot at being good at it, don't stop, don't put it down.

I think I fell in love with words before I fell in love with music.

Most of my life I have done what I wanted to do. I have had fun on the job.

I love Mickey Mouse more than any woman I have ever known.