“The Bulls talked to just about every person who ever met me.”

I only weigh 220, so I have to do something to keep from being tossed around by all the guys who weigh 250 and more. I train hard, but I don’t try to get too big.

My last year with the Spurs, I was late to practice one time.

I’m fighting against becoming soft. That’s the worst thing you can say to a basketball player.

Some people want to have controversy between the races.

Madonna wasn’t an acrobat or anything, but the sex was good. I could tell she liked it.

There’s more impact if you burn somebody with your eyes, look straight into him and let him know with a look.

Everybody’s talking trash these days, so why not keep quiet?

My rookie year, I was very immature.

I don’t feel anything when I watch Shaquille O’Neal play. I don’t feel anything coming off him.

I’m calling on the Supreme Leader of North Korea, or as I call him, ‘Kim,’ to do me a solid and cut Kenneth Bae loose.

Create havoc, create destruction.

I was confused as a kid. I was confused about my sexual identity.

Death has always had a prominent place in my mind. There are times when I think somebody might kill me.

If I don’t finish in the top three for the next Nobel Peace Prize, something’s seriously wrong.

If you have a problem with my answer that’s your problem, not my problem.

Don’t let what other people think decide who you are.

I never took pleasure in seeing a bull die. Relief, but certainly not pleasure.