I don't worry about playing basketball; that comes natural. I just want to have fun. David Robinson, Patrick Ewing, Michael Jordan: this is like spring break in the ghetto.

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

They don't let many black people in the governor's mansion in Alabama, unless they're cleaning.

You can't start a diet in the middle of the week, that's just stupid.

You know it's going to hell when the best rapper out there is white and the best golfer is black.

What I told [my teammates] after the game was I'm just fortunate [for] my 16 years because, this [injury] can happen every single night you go out and play... It can be over in one instant, so you should appreciate everyday.

Poor white people and poor black people just don't know how much they have in common. Rich people don't give a damn about either group.