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

I told my wife the other day, I'm the Halle Berry of the NBA. Everybody wants this, baby. Everybody wants me.

But you can not compare Yao's stats to mine. You just can't compare it and I am playing everyone one-on-one.

I think it's a great city. I think it's a fabulous city. But in my young juvenile days, I was an idiot, and I bought 30 cars. And I need to drive those cars, and New York isn't really the place you can do that.

Shaquille O'Neal has always been one to speak the truth.

You always have to take care of the sisters first, so my dad would buy Barbies and stuff and I wouldn't get anything. So I don't want any other kid to feel like that.

It's over now. He said what he had to say, I said what I had to say. Don't play with me. Seriously, don't play with me.