“There is an immutable law in basketball: someone must fall for someone else to rise. Those at the top stay there only by beating down those just beneath them." 121When Nothing Else Matters: Michael Jordan's Last Comeback”

“You’re never going to be strong by making someone else weak.”

“They're just words, he told himself, they don't matter. But he knew that wasn't completely true. The words themselves were only part of the problem; the worst part was what the words conveyed. They told everyone that Michael was someone who should be singled out because he was...sick and repulsive. He had heard those words all his life, but each time was like the first, a jagged knife cutting through innocence. He simply didn't know how much longer he could take it.”

“Words belong to those who use them only till someone else steals them back.”

“Egotism is the anesthetic that dulls the pain of stupidity.”

“Freedom breeds uncertainty; uncertainty invites chaos.”

“I once overheard someone telling someone else "Don't confuse kindness with something else." Even though this was not directed at me, I took heed and never hedged my bets.”