Kobe always tried to be a hero. But you know, as the saying goes, a hero ain't nothing but a sandwich.

I painted my toenails before Dennis Rodman. One time at training camp, I stubbed my toe and the nail came loose. My mom gave me some toenail hardener, and I painted over it. I scored 40-something points that night, so it became a ritual. Paint my toenails, score 40 points.

He's a jokester, and that's funny, very funny. Ha-ha. Very funny.

I'm not the one buying love. He's the one buying love.

I got it, I dove on the floor, he dove on my head and I hit my teeth on the ground. It was just one of my police reactions to get that criminal off me.

I had an awful first quarter but I picked it up. To all you single guys out there, it's not how you start the date, it's how you finish it sir. A lot of people can, you know, start the date with flowers and candy, but if you don't finish the date - you know what I mean?

I'm still the Dun Dada of all big men.