Seems like everybody wants to know if an athlete is on drugs, so you got to stay clear of wild people.

Reporters don't know me, because I don't talk to them; I just talk to the players.

I never thought I'd lead the NBA in rebounding, but I got a lot of help from my team-mates - they did a lot of missing.

I never thought I was the best; I just thought I was one of the best.

I came up in a small town ghetto and I never did think I'd be a celebrity or famous athlete, I was just loving to play the game of basketball. And I worked hard at everything I did.

People might get mad for five or ten minutes, but then they respect you more. And the next time they see you, they'll tell their friends, "Don't go up to him with that stuff - he don't mess with cocaine."

I don't talk to reporters, because they're gonna write what they want to write, so let 'em write what they want to write.