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

If I weren't earning $3 million a year to dunk a basketball, most people on the street would run in the other direction if they saw me coming.

If Michael Jordan was a damn plumber, he couldn't get a date. Any guy got $500 million looks good.

Look, I'm in the top 20 of players who ever lived.

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.

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 want her to understand that it's going to be a factor in her life. I just want her to know that (racism) does exist, and I want her to always be diligent, and if she sees it, address it and fight it.