“I couldn’t care less if the guy I’m guarding has HIV. I’m going to slam him anyway.”

Karl Malone’s too high-class for a bum like me.

Music soothes my savage beast. I got a beast in me running wild.

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.

Being brave doesn’t mean never being afraid, you know. It means going for it anyway because you know it’s the right thing to do.

Eat well, stay fit, die anyway.

You do it anyway. Why? Because you no longer want to suffer. Because you’re willing to be disturbed. You’re willing to be amazed. You’re willing to be surprised.

I was pretty much predominantly raised by women, as they make up most of my family anyway.

Bravery is what you can do in the face of things that hurt and scare you, but you do it anyway.

By the time I’m 40, interplanetary travel will be common. Nobody will want to talk to me at that age, anyway.

Pray to Him anyway you like, He can even hear the footfall of an ant.

Hearts don’t realize they’ve been lied to. They still love anyway.