There’s been a lot of talk of me being a one-man show but that’s simply not the case. We win games when I score 40 points and we’ve won when I score 10.

Acting is nothing more or less than playing. The idea is to humanize life.

In this day and age, when you can use a machine or computer to simulate or emulate what people can do together, it still can’t replace the magic of four people in a room playing.

All that I know most surely about morality and obligations I owe to football.

Talking to a player helps, but in our sport the majority of learning happens from watching another player. You pick up things like being punctual, being nice to everyone, making sure you give your 100 per cent even in training.

There’s a bond among a kitchen staff, I think. You spend more time with your chef in the kitchen than you do with your own family.

The thing that motivates me is a very common form of motivation. And that is, with other folks counting on me, it’s so easy to be motivated.

In war, you win or lose, live or die – and the difference is just an eyelash.

Being a stand-up is my mission in life; it’s my passion. My ongoing goal is to simply be funny, on my own, in front of a roomful of strangers.

It’s really annoying for me. That’s not what I’m playing for, to be the face of the NBA or to be this or that or to take LeBron’s throne or whatever.

When I step forward on the floor, I have the confidence that I’m the best player playing that night and that I am the most prepared at what I need to be doing.

There’s different kinds of laughs. It’s like a baseball lineup: this guy’s your power hitter, this guy gets on base, this guy works out walks. If everybody does their job, we’re gonna win.

He that struggles with us strengthens our nerves, and sharpens our skill. Our antagonist is our helper.

Keeping score is for games, not friendships.

We came up with TDE. As competitive as rap is, and as much as we’re trying to exceed the standards we set for ourselves, we take their wins as our wins, too.

A conductor can’t be too arrogant with an orchestra and try to impose himself too much.

No man will make a great leader who wants to do it all himself or get all the credit for doing it.

The chain of wedlock is so heavy that it takes two to carry it – and sometimes three.

Rule number one is: Beat your team-mate.

Waking up early was the first example I noticed in the SEAL Teams in which discipline was really the difference between being good and being exceptional.

‚Victory‘ is like, you won, so the question is, what? What did you win? I think that the songs go into that. It’s just about reaching a place in myself.

It is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit.

There are very few people who really appreciate my shows. People come to the show and they pay and they enjoy it, but I don’t really think most people really understand what they’ve seen.

There are no pleasures in a fight but some of my fights have been a pleasure to win.

Playing basketball all my life, I’ve collected a lot of different basketball shoes. It’s pretty much all I wear.

If my future were determined just by my performance on a standardized test, I wouldn’t be here. I guarantee you that.

I’ve thought sometimes about what I like about football, and it’s playing together.

Teamwork makes the dream work, but a vision becomes a nightmare when the leader has a big dream and a bad team.

When individual members of the team are highly disciplined, they can be trusted and, therefore, allowed to operate with very little oversight.

Sometimes the hardest thing to do is to trust your team. It’s a lesson I’ve had to relearn quite a few times.

The only thing that will redeem mankind is cooperation.

I didn’t like the play, but then I saw it under adverse conditions – the curtain was up.

Over the years, all my coaches and my teammates have contributed a lot to shape my career. I can never forget their contribution and help.

An agent won’t help you get drafted higher, won’t make you win more games, and won’t make you faster or stronger.

Dancing in high heels is kind of tough. I learn the dances without the heels, and then we add them. We just practice, and I get used to it. My feet hurt really badly at the end of the shows, but it’s fun. While it’s happening it’s fun. I feel tall.

I’ve always been an unselfish guy, and that’s the only way I know how to play on the court and I try to play to the maximum of my ability – not only for myself but for my teammates.

If everyone is moving forward together, then success takes care of itself.

I was performing in New York and my friends started to call me Gaga, they said I was very theatrical and they said, ‚You’re Gaga‘.

When you are in good form, you keep hitting the target. You may have the best match but you may still not have the goals. But scoring is most important and it feels so good that I have been knocking them in. It really boosts the morale.

To win a national championship, you’ve got to be a little lucky.

The more minutes you play and the more grind and physical play you endure through the course of a season, you have to re-charge and get your body right for the next season. Be in that weight room and conditioning and that kind of deal.

I had no idea of the character. But the moment I was dressed, the clothes and the make-up made me feel the person he was. I began to know him, and by the time I walked onto the stage he was fully born.

If you get something right, you really feel it, right in your chest, on stage. I think it’s an incomparable experience.

You’re not going to see my sense of humor on the football field. That’s not a place for me to joke around.

I learned how important it is to entertain people and give them a reason to come and watch you play.

It is better to lead from behind and to put others in front, especially when you celebrate victory when nice things occur. You take the front line when there is danger. Then people will appreciate your leadership.

I never wanted to stay in one genre; I never wanted to be pigeon-holed or defined as the actor who only worked in one genre. I want to be able to work in all different genres. For me it’s fun, and that’s how I grow as an actor.

Synergy is better than my way or your way. It’s our way.

My uncle played rugby, and my dad played football, and they used to argue which game was the roughest – and everybody agreed rugby was. It’s a great team sport, and to be successful, every person has to play in the same level.

The important thing is that your teammates have to know you’re pulling for them and you really want them to be successful.

Basketball is booming, and it’s not just an Under Armour standpoint: it’s about the game itself. Kids going out and playing and being inspired by what we do on the court.

I didn’t take many penalties, but I never missed one.

I’m not a one-man show. I was never that in my life, and I never want to be that.

The most genius thing about the way I create is to create with other geniuses.

I’m a fighter, I’m a winner, and I’m not interested in just battling my team-mate for the back of the grid.

I went on all over the States, ranting poems to enthusiastic audiences that, the week before, had been equally enthusiastic about lectures on Railway Development or the Modern Turkish Essay.

I love playing under pressure. In fact, if there’s no pressure, then I’m not in the perfect zone.

We want everybody to act like adults, quit playing games, realize that it’s not just my way or the highway.

The whole is more than the sum of its parts.

The bat is not a toy, it’s a weapon. It gives me everything in life, which helps me to do everything on the field.

Whatever I am, it’s natural… I don’t have to pretend to be aggressive, don’t have to show the opposition that I am on the field. Being aggressive comes naturally to me, helps me perform.