“My last year with the Spurs, I was late to practice one time.”

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.

Keeping us safe is really not my job; it’s the black guy’s [Obama’s] job. But I’ll tell you this: If I don’t finish in the top three for the next Nobel Peace Prize, something’s seriously wrong.

Last year I went to a worldcon for the first time in two decades. I may go again this year.

The best things said come last. People will talk for hours saying nothing much and then linger at the door with words that come with a rush from the heart.

Little did I know that the last words I would say on WNBC would be the last ones anyone would say.

There will always be nations. The United States will last a long, long time.

The last duty of a central banker is to tell the public the truth.

Clint Dempsey scored a last-minute winner to earn Tottenham a 1-1 draw against United.

I always knew that I wanted to work on my own material – something that would be more long-lasting than short-lived electronic transmissions.

Because you should realise the Cenotaph and the Last Post and all that stuff is concerned, there’s no better way of forgetting something than by commemorating it.