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

In jail I was just like everybody else, I was sitting there praying, feeling caged.

There’s one thing everyone should understand: I like my character.

Wilt Chamberlain lied when he said he had 20,000 women.

When a high-profile personality lives like I do, everybody thinks that person is fated to die young.

When they gave me that trophy, bro, I cried.

At least 50 times. I’ve jumped off a building, jumped off a cliff in a car. I’ve been in bedrooms when women came in with knives and guns.

I go out there and get my eyes gouged, my nose busted, my body slammed. I love the pain of the game.

I’m starting to see players copy what I do. I’m flattered.

If Lebron was playing in the late 80’s and early 90’s, just an average player

As long as I play ball, I can get any woman I want.

I don’t fit into the mold of the NBA man, and I think I’ve been punished financially for it.

My feet are like gnarled old tree branches.

It’s amazing that Bill Clinton could do one thing and have sex with his secretary and really get away with it and still be powerful.

Larry Bird is overrated in a lot of areas. … Why does he get so much publicity? Because he’s white. You never hear about a black player being the greatest.

For years the league has thought I’ve been on drugs. I would have burned out a long time ago if that was true.

This life is like a swimming pool. You dive into the water, but you can’t see how deep it is.

In the first English class I attended, Prof. E. H. Elliot, addressing me, asked if I really belonged to the Junior B. A. class, and I had to answer him in the affirmative. He then proceeded to inquire how old I was.

I don’t wear my political feelings on my sleeve. However, if I’m asked, I will answer honestly.

Ask yourself the secret of your success. Listen to your answer, and practice it.

I do know this: God does answer your prayers, but it’s not always in the way you expect.

God answers prayers, but he doesn’t always answer it your way.

You don’t want a million answers as much as you want a few forever questions.

Where were you born? Where is your home? Where are you going? What are you doing? Think about these once in a while and watch your answers change.

I answer only to God.