"I don't know what my label is. I just think of myself as a plain forward. I like to think I have some finesse to my game, but inside the paint is where men are made. If you can't play there, you should be home with your mama."

"I never felt I had the kind of relationship with Magic that I could just pick up the phone and call him at home."

"Sometimes, you follow your dreams. I say to the young people, 'If you have a dream, chase it.'"

"I have such a profound respect for what they do day in and day out. This USO tour is especially meaningful because of the friends I have met and I am honored to be apart of it."

"The future which we hold in trust for our own children will be shaped by our fairness to other people's children."

"I hope that I'm always struggling, really. You develop when you're struggling. When you're struggling, you get stronger."

"Unhappiness is something we are never taught about we are taught to expect happiness, but never a Plan B to use to use when the happiness doesn't arrive."

"In any solid, good relationship, it takes a while to trust someone."