The people at the top of the league think they need to rein me in so I don’t become another Michael Jordan, somebody they aren’t able to mold and shape and make their puppet.
Black culture is something I don’t relate to much at all.
I don’t feel anything when I watch Shaquille O’Neal play. I don’t feel anything coming off him.
I don’t want to be bulky and stiff.
I like to describe my life as a black hole with a little light out there.
I only weigh 220, so I have to do something to keep from being tossed around by all the guys who weigh 250 and more. I train hard, but I don’t try to get too big.
He loves basketball. And I said Obama loves basketball. Let’s start there, all right. Start there.
Create havoc, create destruction.
I hate the fact that he’s doing that, but the fact is that, you know what, that’s a human being, though. He let his guard down one day to me, a friend.
The one thing I do that nobody else does is jump three and four times for one rebound.
Music soothes my savage beast. I got a beast in me running wild.
Shaq is not the man. He’s the man because the NBA wants him to be the man, but before you can be the man, you’ve got to be the man.
I’m very particular about who I sleep with.
I go out with white women. This makes a lot of people unhappy, mostly black women.
I’m just saying I’m being myself, and people understand that.
He loves power. He loves control because others, you know, dad and stuff like that, but he’s just a great guy. He’s just a great guy.
What I saw in that country, I saw in that country and I saw people respect him and his family and that’s what I mean about that.
It’s a different story because guess what, the kid is only 28 years old, 28. He’s not his dad, not his grandpa. He’s 28 years old.
For years the league has thought I’ve been on drugs. I would have burned out a long time ago if that was true.
The Spurs couldn’t put everything aside and just play the damn game.