“Poor people cannot rely on the government to come to help you in times of need. You have to get your education. Then nobody can control your destiny.”

Every time I think about changing a diaper, I run a little bit harder and a little bit faster to make sure I can afford a nanny until my daughter’s old enough to take care of that herself.

I’m not a role model. Just because I dunk a basketball doesn’t mean I should raise your kids.

If ifs were gifts, every day would be Christmas.

We’re just playing basketball. It’s not like we’re going out to have unprotected sex with Magic.

White folks are not going to come to see a bunch of guys with tattoos, with cornrows. I’m sorry, but anyone who thinks different, they’re stupid.

I think it sucks that in our country [the USA] there is such a double standard education-wise. Which part of the city you live in, or something like that, determines if you’ll be successful, and that’s not fair.

I don’t care what people think. people are stupid.

My message is simple: take control of your life.

There’s nobody you’d rather beat than your good friend.

I came to the realization a couple months ago that I am fat. If you get tired from walking – and that’s all that golf is – then you are officially fat.

I don’t believe professional athletes should be role models. I believe parents should be role models.

I always laugh when people ask me about rebounding techniques. I’ve got a technique. It’s called just go get the damn ball.

I played against him (Wilkins) in college. Getting nominated with him, that’s pretty cool.

Just because you say something doesn’t make it controversial, and it doesn’t make you a bad person.

I’m afraid of the skeletons in my closet. I’ve got a whole cemetery full of them.

I’m not paid to be a role model, parents should be role models.

If you can cut the people off from their history, then they can be easily persuaded.

We can’t control our destiny, but we can control who we become.

The most perfect political community is one in which the middle class is in control, and outnumbers both of the other classes.

He who controls others may be powerful, but he who has mastered himself is mightier still.

Our anxiety does not come from thinking about the future, but from wanting to control it.

I may have lost my heart, but not my self-control.

Don’t consent to be hurt and you won’t be hurt – this is a choice over which you have control.

Freedom and happiness are won by disregarding things that lie beyond our control.