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Everyone is having sex until they fall in love. When you fall in love, then it's making love.
I like when somebody says something negative about me because I can put it back in their face
If your heart is bigger than the biggest guy on the team, then you're the biggest guy on the team.
I lost all feeling a long time ago. Basketball is basketball. It doesn't matter what floor I'm on.
I hate it when you see talented teams with a lot of scorers and they can't get along with each other.
I know it's hard when guys leave the game. They're sitting there analyzing, and they're getting itchy.
If you're having a bad day, or you're having a bad career, go to Manila. They'll bring your spirits up.
If we lost a game, and I thought I played bad, I'm staying in the gym to keep shooting. That's what I did.
If you like Five Guys burgers, and you're in California, I was one of the people who helped bring it here.
I don't play roulette, but it's funny: whenever somebody I know is going to Vegas, I'm like, 'Put it on black.'
Some people just can't forgive. And that's just the way life is. You know, I can't forgive some things, either.
I don't know if it's just me, but I hate going to arenas where it's 60 degrees outside, and it's 50 degrees inside.
When you're in there getting buckets, you're not really paying attention to who's there. You're just doing your thing.
Like the Wizards, Madame Tussauds has become a fixture in the nation's capital and one that I'm proud to be a part of.
When I went through my life, I was like, 'I sit around and play video games all day. Nobody wants to hear about this.'
Most kids would be like, 'My dad's never around.' But I saw it as a positive. He was out there working to provide for me.
Fans saying a player is overpaid doesn't bother a player. What bothers an injured player is watching your competitors grow.
When I was little, I asked God if I could meet my mom just one more time, and my prayer was answered in 2001. It was weird.
I'm smarter than the average; I just act dumb. That's what gets people's attention; you act dumb, you get people's attention.
Some people would rather not go to arenas; they'd rather just sit at home and watch the game at home or play on the computer.
I lived in Washington longer than I have lived anywhere else, so it's considered home, even though I moved back to California.
At the end of the day, you have 82 games. You're going to win some division games, and you're going to lose some division games.
You have to do everything to help your team out. I have the ability to rebound, so I might as well go and do it to help my team win.
This sport is just crazy. Your worst enemy in college is your teammate and friend when you get to the NBA. Who would have thought it?
Basketball is basketball. I don't think people realize that. No matter what city, overseas, D-league, park league - I just want to play.
I found out this summer how to hook up my Xbox 360 in the hotel and get past security. It took me a while to figure out, but I got it now.
When you're in that zone there's nothing really the defense can do ... It doesn't matter who's sticking you because everything looks good.
I can't take a game-winner in practice. I can't shoot free throws in practice that simulates the game. There's no crowd; there's no nothing.
It is an honor to join the ranks of sports icons such as Muhammad Ali and Tiger Woods by being immortalized in wax at Madame Tussauds Washington, D.C.
The hibachi is coming to a city near you. I'm cooking chicken and shrimp, but if you want to throw a double team my way, filet mignon gets cooked too.
I don't want to get married unless they change the marriage laws. You should have to sign a marriage contract for no more than five years, with an option to opt out.
It sucks the way the world works. You can do a hundred things for people, but you do one bad mistake and everyone crucifies you and that's all they want to remember.
I'm a jokester, so when I was joking on Twitter, it kinda rubbed people the wrong way. And I was like, I didn't make these up. I'm just letting you know they're there.
You know, that's all basketball is. If someone loves something, and you take it away, it's like what does he do now? What does someone do? That's what happened with me.
If you have a defensive concept, you're going to play defense. If you don't have a defensive concept, and you have an offensive concept, then you're going to play offense.
I try not to do the fantasy thing. If I didn't get hurt, what would I be? Who knows? When I look back on my career, from the hard work I put in, I got everything I deserved.
As a player leaving early, you always look back and wonder what could have been. But you have to be happy with your decisions, because you ultimately have to live with them.
We're humans. We live on land. Sharks live in water. So if you're swimming in the water and a shark bites you, that's called trespassing. That is called trespassing. That is not a shark attack.
When I was little, I looked in the mirror and held the Bible in my hand - that's how I talked to God. I never just asked for stuff. The way I saw it, if you give Him something, you get something.
I don't think anyone's worth $100 million if Michael Jordan wasn't, but hey, that's what Abe Pollin thought I was worth, and if someone puts $100 million in front of you, you're gonna take it, too.
I think every athlete should give back to schools. I know athletes donate and have things that they give charity to, but, at the end of the day, it's the younger generation that we need to be helping.
I have the mind-set that a guard can't stick me. So I watch the bigs and see how they like to play. If you're a shot blocker, then I jump into you. If you take charges, then I pull up for the midrange.
Everything is mental, but if you just remember to stay with your same technique, you will be fine. If you stay confident, make sure you are doing the same thing over and over; the free throws will fall.
When I leave the NBA, I don't want my legacy to be, 'He won a championship ring.' I want my legacy to say, 'He played for the people. He gave everybody in the world hope that they can be just like him.'
When I leave the NBA, I don't want my legacy to be, 'He won a championship ring.' I want my legacy to say: 'He played for the people. He gave everybody in the world hope that they can be just like him.'
If you have a kid that loves basketball - that eats, sleeps, drinks, and thinks basketball, and all he knows is basketball - and he gets hurt, and he's your franchise player, you need to hold him back from himself.
When I hear about people murdering, I wonder, 'What has to go through your brain to say, I don't want him breathing anymore? What makes you get that angry? How can you take someone's breath away? That just blows my mind.'
40-minute game at Duke - they got soft rims - I'd probably score 84 or 85. I wouldn't pass the ball. I wouldn't even think about passing it. It would be like a 'NBA Live' or an 'NBA 2K7' game: you just shoot with one person.
When I was little, whenever I got out of the shower, I never wanted to touch the floor because once you touch the floor, your feet are dirty again. So in the shower, I used to put my socks on already without drying them off.
A woman gave my dad $400 so we could get an apartment. We were living in a park. That's how we got started: Four hundred bucks, and look at me. When I donate a computer to a school, I never know what's going to come out of it.