I've been homeless. I've worked at 7-Eleven.

The NBA believes if you play for a team and get paid by a team, you're the property of that team for 24 hours a day.

I'm the basketball version of a gravedigger.

Larry Bird is overrated in a lot of areas. ... Why does he get so much publicity? Because he's white. You never hear about a black player being the greatest.

The people at the top of the league think they need to rein me in so I don't become another Michael Jordan, somebody they aren't able to mold and shape and make their puppet.

I'm nothing more than a sports slave.

Some people want to have controversy between the races.