"I don't play for the crowd. I play for the game."

"I've missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I've lost almost 300 games. 26 times, I've been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I've failed over and over and over again in my life. An…"

"The game has its ups and downs, but you never lose your love for it."

"I want to be perceived as a guy who played his best all the time and was a good teammate."

"I'm not a genius. I'm just a hard worker."