I just wish all these young black kids would realize how significant it is to stop acting a fool out there, killing each other, not getting their education. You know, people have died to put us in a situation to be successful.

Sometimes that light at the end of the tunnel is a train.

Most sportswriters don't know their ass from a hole in the ground.

I remember sitting down with the Rockets and saying, 'Yeah. I'm going to retire.' They said, 'Well, we'll give you $9 million.' And I said, 'You got a pen on you?'

One thing about being famous is the people around you, you pay all their bills so they very rarely disagree with you because they want you to pick up the check.

I'm not paid to be a role model, parents should be role models.

Unfortunately, as I tell my white friends, we as black people, we're never going to be successful not because of you white people but because of other black people.