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

I’m just saying I’m being myself, and people understand that.

I lost $35,000 in less than a week at the Mirage in Las Vegas.

They say Elvis is dead. I say, no, you’re looking at him. Elvis isn’t dead; he just changed color.

Why should I try to make you believe the things I believe in?

It’s a different story because guess what, the kid is only 28 years old, 28. He’s not his dad, not his grandpa. He’s 28 years old.

I’m the basketball version of a gravedigger.

You watch some teams these days and you wonder if they just met on the playground and decided to choose up sides.

I can score 20 points if I want to, but that’s not my desire.

There’s no image we can’t improve.

To hang out in a gay bar or put on a sequined halter top makes me feel like a total person.

I don’t want to be bulky and stiff.

The only time I’d played organized basketball was my sophomore year in high school, when I barely made the junior varsity team.

I spent my whole childhood looking for an escape.

I wear women’s leggings under my clothes, but no lingerie.

If you’re going to have sex, use a condom.

I understand what rappers are talking about. I think rap is less about educating people about the black community and more about making money.

Make haste in giving voluntary charity, for calamities cannot pass by it.

We’re not willing to give black leaders second chances because, in most cases, we’re not willing to give them first chances.

On any given Sunday you’re gonna win or you’re gonna lose. The point is — can you win or lose like a man?

He informed me that knowledge is a light, And the light of Allah is not given to a sinner.

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.