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

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.

I wish there was a season where I was playing and didn’t have no aches, no pains, no bruises, no nothing.

I don’t really care too much about what people who don’t care about me say about me, but a lot of times, you know, I get tired of defending myself.

Larry Brown molded me into an MVP and a Hall of Fame player.

It was a blessing just to play one NBA basketball game.

Guys is supposed to be able to be original and dress like how they want to dress. The NBA can’t dress no grown man.

You gotta do what you gotta do. And I had to figure that out, and I used to – I couldn’t stand the media, but I realized they have a job. They gotta do what they have to do.

A series is a big deal, and there are a lot of people out there writing stuff that don’t know what art is.

You have to make sure that your assets and your back is protected before you make any big decisions.

Make your life about something bigger than your life.

But when I’m writing I am just a big, irresponsible mess and I’m just impossible to get in touch with, and I don’t spend time with friends.

Wasn’t that a wonderful thing that I had a chance to work with more great actors, big stars, than just about anyone in the history of Hollywood?

A lot of big labels will just sign bands like a write off.

It’s been exhausting. It’s been the hardest thing I’ve ever done because it’s just so big, and I haven’t had a lot of time.

I’m a big soccer fanatic, and although I support a team called Tottenham Hotspur in London –