"My father used to say that it's never too late to do anything you wanted to do. And he said, 'You never know what you can accomplish until you try.'"

"In college I never realized the opportunities available to a pro athlete. I've been given the chance to meet all kinds of people, to travel and expand my financial capabilities, to get ideas and learn about life, to create a world apart from basketball."

"I can't speak for the future. I have no crystal ball."

"There is no such thing as a perfect basketball player, and I don't believe there is only one greatest player either."

"How we think shows through in how we act. Attitudes are mirrors of the mind. They reflect thinking."

"Most of the trouble in this world has been caused by folks who can't mind their own business, because they have no business of their own to mind, any more than a smallpox virus has."

"Too often travel, instead of broadening the mind, merely lengthens the conversation."

"You should never have to say hello or goodbye. Even at work sometimes, and I know this is very unpopular, is that if I'm going to work every single day, I don't think you should have to hug people hello every single day when you come to work. I saw you Monday!"