“. . . But experience has taught me that you cannot value dreams according to the odds of their coming true. Their real value is in stirring within us the will to aspire. That will, wherever it finally leads, does at least move you forward. And after a time you may recognize that the proper measure of success is not how much you’ve closed the distance to some far-off goal but the quality of what you’ve done today.” ― Sonia Sodamayor   “When a young person, even a gifted one, grows up without proximate living examples of what she may aspire to become–whether lawyer, scientist, artist, or leader in any…

‘Whoa by 50 percent [I am more influential than] Stanley Kubrick, Apostle Paul, Picasso… f****** Picasso and Escobar. By 50 per cent more influential than any other human being.’ -Kanye west   ‘When you’re the absolute best, you get hated on the most.’ -Kanye west   ‘My goal, if I was going to do art, fine art, would have been to become Picasso or greater… That always sounds so funny to people, comparing yourself to someone who has done so much, and that’s a mentality that suppresses humanity…’ -Kanye west   ‘One of my biggest achilles heels has been my ego. And if I, Kanye West, can remove my ego,…

A lot of young players don’t really know much about the history of the game and a lot of them are missing out on what the game is all about, especially the whole concept of sportsmanship and teamwork. -Kareem Abdul-Jabbar   I try to do the right thing at the right time. They may just be little things, but usually they make the difference between winning and losing. -Kareem Abdul-Jabbar   Michael Jordan and Magic and myself all learned how to play the game in college programs that emphasized the team. -Kareem Abdul-Jabbar     If not for the success that medicine has made, I might be part of a…