“I’ve got to give Larry Bird his due; he was a great player. He knew the game and he was smart.”

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.

If the North wanted to hack anything in the world, anything in the world, really, they are going to go hack a movie? Really?!

I went from five foot eleven to six foot eight, and the more ball I played, the more I caught on to the game.

Give a drink of water as alms to the birds which go forth at morning, and deem that they have a better right than men [to thy charity].

A just city should favor justice and the just, hate tyranny and injustice, and give them both their just deserts.

She doesn’t give you time for questions as she locks up your arms in hers. And you follow till your sense of direction completely disappears.

I’ve seen too much in life to give up.

The Law of the Generic: One of the fastest routes to failure is giving a brand a generic name.

Stand it like a man, and give some back.

When you’re acting for a camera, it keeps taking and never giving back.

So that you and the audience are giving to each other, in a sense. It’s an extraordinary thing. It’s wild turf up there.