“I used to say my biggest accomplishment was just getting drafted, whether it was the first pick or the 100th or whatever.”

I had to learn that some people are just not going to like you. I had to have thick skin when I would see what people would say or write about me.

I owe all of this to the guys I’ve played with and all the coaches that have helped me get to where I’m at right now. I’m honored to be here.

I went from the projects to a real house. It was a big difference.

You used to think the suspect was the guy with the cornrows; now you see the police officers with the cornrows.

Coach’s voice will never leave my head as long as I live.

I wasn’t afraid to be who I am. I didn’t think anything was wrong with it.

If you’re from Virginia, then you know some white people from Poquoson don’t like black people.

LeBron ain’t got none of my game, but his heart is all mine.

This is the thing you dream about when you’re a kid, even before getting into the league.

God gave me all this; why waste the talent that he gave me? Why not go full throttle with it all and try to become in the class with the greatest players that ever played the game? That’s just a great feeling.

I don’t care. I feel like if we don’t make a trade, we have to get it done with what we’ve got.

I had a lot of growing up to do. A lot of times, I learned the hard way.

Don’t nobody wanna talk about or hear about somebody donating money to a charity. You wanna hear about what Bin Laden is doing and what you think is on his mind.

I’m a father; I’m a friend. I think I’ve got the biggest heart in the world. A lot of times, that’s not a good thing. It’s a gift and a curse.

I gotta win games. Because if we lose games, and I score a lot, they going to say I’m scorin’ too much.

I make all that money and it ain’t enough. I gotta make more to help all the people around me.

An agent won’t help you get drafted higher, won’t make you win more games, and won’t make you faster or stronger.

No passion in the world is equal to the passion to alter someone else’s draft.

The most important thing at Daytona is, are you going to have friends willing to work with you during the race as far as drafting?

Political systems are run by self-selecting politicians. We don’t draft people; it’s not jury duty.

“The Diagnosis” had ten drafts of very significant changing, where I went through the whole book, wholesale and changed everything. Then the last year or so it was making small changes.

I am the vessel. The draft is God’s. And God is the thirsty one.

News is only the first rough draft of history.

The first thing I noticed about him was that he was born the same year I was drafted. … That’s a pretty scary thought.