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.
On receiving from the people the sacred trust twice confided on my illustrious predecessor, and which he has discharged so faithfully and so well, I know that I can not expect to perform the arduous task with equal ability and success.
No. 2 pick, you're supposed to do a job - you're supposed to turn the franchise around. And I don't think I did it to the best of my abilities. I didn't live up to that standard.
I don't know if vocally I am so great.
I'm not a very good actor.
The chip comes from people saying I'm not good enough, or I can't score, or I'm not a real basketball player.
I have no doubt in my abilities that I can beat any of the top ten guys. Once I'm focused I know I can beat them.
I'm not that good at cards.
Either because I was an athlete or because I was black - probably both - there seemed to be a clear assumption that I wouldn't be up to the work.
Am I not ninja enough? Are you saying that I lack ninja?
I don't write. I couldn't even fill a team sheet in.
I enjoyed listening to it, but I didn't think I could do it.
I didn't want to be 40 or 50 years old and still playing clubs, I didn't feel like I was making any progress, and I actually gave the band notice at one point. I began to have doubts about my abilities.
I wasn't looking at it like, 'I'm singing for AC/DC.' I was looking at it like, 'Y'know, if I can, and if they think I'm able to do it.'
Most people think that girls can't play because they're girls.
I heard a lot in school, 'You've got a really great talent, but there's no way you're going to be a dancer with that body.'
