Michael Carter-Williams Quotes

Remember that life's big changes rarely give advance warning.

One thing I know in baseball is you should never be comfortable where you are. It doesn't matter who you are. It's a business. If I got traded tomorrow, no hard feelings; it's a business.

As much as you plan your career and plan your life, there are events that will change everything 180 degrees, I’ve had multiple events like that. I always wanted to be a doctor and now I’m in the theater business. But these defining moments in your life are really what builds your character.

Things always change and you can't ever say never, because you don't know what is around the corner.

I was sacked at Watford for a change of business plan. Anything can happen in this game. I can't say I am never surprised because there are some surprises and there are still some crazy things that happen.

I'm used to things not coming in the packages you expect.

Things happen fast. That's this league. You can't slow down, because it's going.

You just can't get surprised when you get surprised, because weird stuff just comes over the transom all the time, and it's not necessarily anything that you've planned for or anticipated.

If I get traded, I get traded. It's a part of the business.

Being in this game nine years or whatever, you understand things happen. You can only control what you control, and that's on the court. You can't make front-office decisions and other stuff. You've just got to come out and do your job. You try to do it to the best of your ability.

You can't prepare for something that you can't prepare for.

Life is full of surprises, and you need to be ready for everything.

In the beginning, when I signed with Miami, they said they were never gonna trade me, and then, after first year, boom, they traded me to Toronto.

I'm not a big planner. Things always sort of surprise me.

London represents the idea that someone pulled away the set from my life and replaced it with another. 'Here is your new baby. Here is your new life. And now you do comedy.' Without being smug, it's the best fun.

Never say never, for if you live long enough, chances are you will not be able to abide by the simplest of such injunctions.

I always say expect the unexpected!

That has been my entire life story. Running against the current and running with the current. Sometimes running with the current is underestimated. The acceptance of certain realities doesn’t preclude idealism. It can lead to certain breakthroughs.

To be able to look at change as an opportunity to grow - that is the secret to being happy.

Four years ago, who ever thought this would have happened?

If one does not expect the unexpected, one will not find it out, since it is not to be searched out, and difficut to compass.

I like challenges and I definitely would like to be more of a chameleon.

Life takes us to unexpected places sometimes. The future is never set in stone, remember that.

The future is bound to surprise us, but we don't have to be dumbfounded.

Life is a series of surprises.