I do not use words like liberal or conservative. You can ask me a question and I will give you an answer. Those are words rich people on television use to divide and conquer.
Stevie Wonder could make one of 23 shots.” – On North Carolina missing 22 of its last 23 shots in losing to Georgetown in the NCAA tournament.
You think your parents are a pain in the ass now, but they’re going to get smarter as you get older.
These are my new shoes. They’re good shoes. They won’t make you rich like me, they won’t make you rebound like me, they definitely won’t make you handsome like me. They’ll only make you have shoes like me. That’s it.
If I weren’t earning $3 million a year to dunk a basketball, most people on the street would run in the other direction if they saw me coming.
You know what I always say about basketball whenever anybody tried to tell me the Knicks are gonna be good: They’re old. Old people don’t get healthy. They die.
Poor people have been voting for Democrats for the last 50 years and they’re still poor.
I always laugh when people ask me about rebounding techniques. I’ve got a technique. It’s called just go get the damn ball.
I’m not paid to be a role model. I’m paid to wreak havoc on the basketball court.
I was asked for years about being a Republican, probably because most black people are Democrats. My mother heard it once and called me and said ‘Charles, Republicans are for the rich people.’ And I said, ‘Mom, I’m rich.’
When you’re black, you have to deal with so much crap in your life from other black people. It’s a dirty, dark secret; I’m glad it’s coming out.
I don’t believe professional athletes should be role models. I believe parents should be role models...
I want to be a politician. I think I understand how the system works, I think a lot of politicians are corrupt, and it’s about time we put some people in there who are going to look out for the majority of the people instead of the rich people.
What does politically correct mean? If you’re fat, don’t ask me if you’re fat, because I’m gonna tell you the truth. You’re fat.
Sometimes that light at the end of the tunnel is a train.
This is why I hate white people. You guys try to turn everything into a racial issue.