I know a lot of people did a lot of heavy lifting to make me successful and I do everything in my power not to screw it up.

I don't know anything about Angola, but Angola's in trouble.

My initial response was to sue her for defamation of character, but then I realized that I had no character.

I don't believe athletes should be role models. . . . We're a one-shot deal, one in a million, so we should be the least likely role models. . . . I think one of the problems in society today is that we don't stress education enough, because we glorify athletes, actors and actresses.

I'm just what America needs: another unemployed black man. (on his retirement from basketball)

He's got to bring something stronger than that. That's like bringing milk to a bar, it's not strong enough

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