“If there were camera phones back in the day, the biggest athletes in the world would have had a lot of explaining to do.”

Everybody shut up. Let us work.

It doesn’t matter to me what place I get traded to. If I was traded someplace – I’d play anywhere.

If you’re afraid to fail, then you’re probably going to fail.

You always have to be on edge. You always have to take every practice, every game, like it is your last.

Everybody has a different journey.

You have to go with things that you understand. Businesses that you know.

We’re grown ass men, you don’t need to be falling all over the place.

I know how to play my guard spot, he can worry about the low post.

I draw from the crowd a lot.

The most important thing is to try and inspire people so that they can be great in whatever they want to do.

You have to be able to separate business from the love of the game.

When I’m finished playing, I want people to say, ‘He handled this well, he kept his cool.’

It’s not about the number of hours you practice, it’s about the number of hours your mind is present during the practice.

What I’m doing right now, I’m chasing perfection and if I don’t get it, I’m going to get this close.

Each moment of my life I was dreaming of how great I could be, and continued working hard. Each time I closed my eyes I could see me shining bright like a sun.

My role is to make sure we’re moving in the right direction, getting points, rebounds, steals, assists and providing leadership.

I think you can just go out and try to be the best you can be, deal with people with respect, with honesty, with integrity, have a high moral standard. I’ve always really tried to exemplify that as an athlete. I’ll continue to try to do that.

I don’t know about politics so much. I’m a professional athlete.

I love to experiment with my looks and dresses on and off the court because I love to turn out very well. But, I must add here that just good-looking athletes can’t do anything for their sport.

I love what I do and I love being an athlete, but I also love all the things that have come with it.

I’m an athlete. I go out there and fight my heart out.

The great thing about having a pool in L.A. is that I can use it year-round. And since I’ve always been an athlete, staying fit is very important.

As athletes, we’re always going to have aches and pains, but when your teammates cheer you on, you don’t think about it.

A couple of times a day I sit quietly and visualize my body fighting the AIDS virus. It’s the same as me sitting and seeing myself hit the perfect serve. I did that often when I was an athlete.