I Want To Wake Up Every Day

You Don't Show Up On Game Day And Expect To Be Great. Greatness Happens In Practice. You Have To Expect Things Of Yourself Before You Can Do Them.

I Never Looked At The Consequences Of Missing A Big Shot... When You Think About The Consequences You Always Think Of A Negative Result.

Maybe It’s My Own Fault. Maybe I Led You To Believe It Was Easy When It Wasn’t. Maybe I Made You Think My Highlights Started At The Free Throw Line, And Not In The Gym. Maybe I Made You Think That Every Shot I Took Was A Game Winner. That My Game Was Built On Flash, And Not Fire. Maybe It’s My Fault That You Didn’t See That Failure Gave Me Strength; That My Pain Was My Motivation. Maybe I Led You To Believe That Basketball Was A God Given Gift, And Not Something I Worked For Every Single Day Of My Life. Maybe I Destroyed The Game. Or Maybe You’re Just Making Excuses.

Be True To The Game, Because The Game Will Be True To You. If You Try To Shortcut The Game, Then The Game Will Shortcut You. If You Put Forth The Effort, Good Things Will Be Bestowed Upon You. That's Truly About The Game, And In Some Ways That's About Life Too.

Even Though, Physically, I Can't Do It, The Mind Says, 'yeah, I Can Still Do It,' And I Still Think I Can Do It Better Than Most In The Nba, … Driven From Within.