“And I continued to grow until I was 25 years old.”

“As a kid, I played a lot of one-on-none.”

“Because of the makeup of the NBA, it cannot afford for the public to turn on them.”

“Being a typical Pisces, I might have experienced mood shifts, but I don't remember any depression, or needing to do anything, or to have someone bring me out of being depressed.”

“But you know, if you live an affluent lifestyle, there are all types of trappings that are there that you have to be cognizant of, and you've got to try and communicate freely and gain understanding about and then keep moving on, because you know, sometimes lifestyles are chosen for us as opposed to us choosing them.”

“But you know, we have a very normal family. We've had our ups and downs. You know, we've had our issues, but we've had great cause for celebration.”

“Goals determine what you're going to be.”

“I always try to keep a pretty conservative demeanor on the court.”

“I demand more of myself than anyone else could ever expect.”

“I firmly believe that respect is a lot more important, and a lot greater, than popularity.”

“I had to spend countless hours, above and beyond the basic time, to try and perfect the fundamentals.”

“I keep both eyes on my man. The basket hasn't moved on me yet.”

“I pulled the plug on it at a time that I thought was right for me to exit.”

“I think I started learning lessons about being a good person long before I ever knew what basketball was. And that starts in the home, it starts with the parental influence.”

“If you do things with a certain type of result and cause a certain type of reaction or effect, then you increase your market value. It's very much a competition for the entertainment dollar, and that's never been more clearly evident than in today's NBA game.”

“If you don't do what's best for your body, you're the one who comes up on the short end.”

“If you get depressed about being the second-best team in the world, then you've got a problem.”

“If you've experienced having control, you don't want to be moved to a subordinate position, if you have your druthers.”

“One of the most predictable things in life is there will be change. You are better off if you can have a say in the change. But you are ignorant or naive if you don't think there will be change, whether you want it to or not.”

“Teachers are sort of faced with a thankless task, because no matter how good they are, unless they find a way to personally rationalize the rewards of their effort, nobody else is really going to do it for them en masse.”

“The key to success is to keep growing in all areas of life - mental, emotional, spiritual, as well as physical.”

“To be great we need to win games we aren't supposed to win.”

“When handling the ball, I always would look for daylight, wherever there was daylight.”

“When I went to Philadelphia I was 26 years old and really sitting on top of the world. Family life, a professional career, plenty of friends and associates, and a good reputation, a wish list that could be the envy of many.”

“You can feel the vibes, feel the people pulling for you.”

“You know, just in terms of having to have a life on the road, you know, having the celebrity aspect be a burden for my family, friends and extended family.”