Just because you say something doesn't make it controversial, and it doesn't make you a bad person.

The meek may inherit the earth, but they wont get the ball from me.

My message is simple: take control of your life

I just thank God for Dennis [Rodman], cause he makes me look like a saint.

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.

Well, all I can say is that people know I'm not saying anything out of malice.

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.