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.

My family got all over me because they said Bush is only for the rich people. Then I reminded them, 'Hey, I'm rich'.

People always say turn the other cheek. If you turn the other cheek, I'm gonna hit you in the other cheek too.

If you go out with a girl and they say she has a great personality, she's ugly. If they tell you a guy works hard, he can't play a lick. Same thing.

Everybody in the world has an ego. The only difference between us is we have a reason to have an ego.

See, my hope and dream is that people have a good time watching basketball. It's not church. It's not serious.

Yeah, I regret we weren't on a higher floor.