I love New York City; I've got a gun.

Christian is going to be the strongest man in the NBA next year, because all he's been doing all summer is carrying around the luggage for 11 guys.

I'm not paid to be a role model. I'm paid to wreak havoc on the basketball court.

Adrian Dantley is a guy that I looked at . . . on how to maneuver my body around.

People always say he can run and he can jump. So can a deer and you wouldn't put a deer in the game.

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.

On his homesickness during the Barcelona Olympics -I miss America. I miss crime and murder. I miss Philadelphia. There hasn't been a brutal stabbing or anything here the last 24 hours. I've missed it.