If you're going to hire an assassin, let him go out and kill someone. I can't be Shaq taking six or seven shots.

Now, the mistakes that I made with my other two sons, Penny and Kobe, I won't make with D-Wade. We can't let them break us up and we can't break each other up.

I'm still the baddest expletive in the world. Yeah, I'm getting older, but Kareem got older. Hakeem got older. I don't need Earthlings' respect. When it's all said and done, my name will be there and it will be mentioned ... unless you Earthlings try to erase it.

He's the Italian version of my father. I don't know if he's Italian or not.

I have orders not to come back until I'm a thousand percent.

I'm not worried about facing the Sacramento Queens. Write it down. Take a picture. I'm not going to talk about this all year. When I get back, there's going to be trouble.

Pat Riley is the best coach I've ever had...