Quotes About Potential

Every time you make a jump, whether it's from high school to college or college to the NBA, you're going to hear questions about your athletic ability.

I never thought I could do certain things like somersaults and jumping off the ropes and flips. When you actually learn to do it, you're really amazed with what your body can do.

I'm not limited to running or jumping or catching footballs.

In junior high, some would've seen me as a professional, a lawyer, a doctor, an engineer. Others would've seen me in jail. All depends on who you talked to.

Once my junior year finished at Florida State, I won the Rhodes Scholarship and I was also projected as a second-round draft pick.

I don't think there's any dearth of talent in India - we've always had the best juniors in the world.

You are just your intelligence.

I think I have just as much talent as anybody when it comes to the 100 or 200.

Women are capable of accomplishing just as much as men are but aren't always given the same attention and opportunity.

You don't know what's going to happen to you in the next hour. So you just live your life, live to the best of your potential, and just be happy.

Just because you're not famous, doesn't mean you're not good.

It's cliche, but everybody says, 'We're all one song away,' and it's so true. The difference between me and the guy down the street busking with his guitar case open is just one song.

Talent can pop up anywhere in the world, it's not just one city block.

It is about building the best team you can, not just one to play in the Championship. You look short-term because you need to be competitive, that's the nature of the business. But it's exciting to have players whose potential is exciting.

There's always two or three players I like, and why I like them, I can't tell you. There's just something about them I think would be great on a team.

I'd love to get in a room with Kanye at some point, have a conversation, and see if something cooks up.

It could be interesting doing something with Kanye.

George Karl's son probably wouldn't have made it to the NBA if he wasn't a coach. He would have never got the opportunity.

We don't want to keep talking about 'potential.' That word is the most dangerous word in professional sports.

I have this burning desire to get out there and do my best. It's as if I'm keeping it all in a little bottle, and it's all going to come out when I do the best I'm capable of doing.

I've been working a lot with this girl Kelly Kiara. She's amazing. She's going to be super important for R&B coming out of the U.K.

It's funny: there's this idea where Kenny is only good because he can do what he wants, and he gets time. Well, everyone else through those doors had had time and opportunity. Why didn't they do anything special?

I know I can fight. I know I have kicks that can destroy people. Just because I haven't gotten in the ring in my career, that doesn't mean I'm not capable of crushing people.

I was just a bright, driven kid.