“I’m afraid of the skeletons in my closet. I’ve got a whole cemetery full of them.”

There’s nobody you’d rather beat than your good friend.

I came to the realization a couple months ago that I am fat. If you get tired from walking – and that’s all that golf is – then you are officially fat.

I don’t believe professional athletes should be role models. I believe parents should be role models.

I always laugh when people ask me about rebounding techniques. I’ve got a technique. It’s called just go get the damn ball.

I played against him (Wilkins) in college. Getting nominated with him, that’s pretty cool.

Just because you say something doesn’t make it controversial, and it doesn’t make you a bad person.

I’m not paid to be a role model, parents should be role models.

The only difference between a good shot and a bad shot is if it goes in or not.

I was asked for years about being a Republican, probably because most black people are Democrats. My mother heard it once and called me and said ‘Charles, Republicans are for the rich people.’ And I said, ‘Mom, I’m rich.’

I know I’m never as good or bad as one single performance. I’ve never believed in my critics or my worshippers, and I’ve always been able to leave the game at the arena.

I just thank God for Dennis [Rodman], cause he makes me look like a saint.

Kids are great. That’s one of the best things about our business, all the kids you get to meet. It’s a shame they have to grow up to be regular people and come to the games and call you names.

If Michael Jordan was a damn plumber, he couldn’t get a date. Any guy got $500 million looks good.

I think anybody who is racist is an idiot whether they are black or white.

When you’re black, you have to deal with so much crap in your life from other black people. It’s a dirty, dark secret; I’m glad it’s coming out.

When you read the book you see that these guys aren’t holding any punches. They’re straightforward. They’re honest. They’re giving you their honest opinion.

I have always felt that humor was a wonderful vehicle to let us become connected with each other and ourselves; I try to portray the similarities and polarities in men and women, so that we can acknowledge and embrace our collective consciousness.

Reality is nothing but a collective hunch.

Bittersweet memories dancing in the pupils of my hollowed out eyes, these sugar-coated recollections attempt to latch onto me ultimately eating me alive.

The entire world is a collection of memoranda that she did exist, and that I have lost her.

What we become depends on what we read after all of the professors have finished with us. The greatest university of all is a collection of books.

What we become depends on what we read after all of the professors have finished with us. The greatest university of all is a collection of books.

People always ask me how I start a collection, and I tell them that I just look around. What am I tired of? What am I in the mood for? Real fashion change comes from real changes in real life. Everything else is just decoration.

I love to collect modern art.