Athlete Quotes

I wanted to do two things when I was growing up, about your age. I wanted to play in the NBA, and I wanted to be a businessman after my basketball career was over, and that is what I am doing now.

God blessed me with two unbelievable parents, and I am just like both of them. I have the smile and charisma of my mother and the big heart of my mom, because she wants to save the world and help the world, so I am just like her.

The important thing is this Just because I'm doing well doesn't mean that they're going to do well if they get HIV. A lot of people have died since I have announced. This disease is not going anywhere.

All kids need is a little help, a little hope and somebody who believes in them.

If somebody says no to you, or if you get cut, Michael Jordan was cut his first year, but he came back and he was the best ever. That is what you have to have. The attitude that I'm going to show everybody, I'm going to work hard to get better and better.

Ask not what your teammates can do for you. Ask what you can do for your teammates.

When you face a crisis, you know who your true friends are.

The win is more important than how you do it.

You realize you can't change the world but it shouldn't stop you from trying.

When I played in the NBA for 12 years, Seattle had some of the best fans in the NBA.

My role model was my grandfather. He instilled in me the feeling that no matter how successful you are you have a responsibility to help others.

My musical background is like almost every non classical musician in the world. One day a special record was heard and that was it. I was hooked, started trying to play various instruments and was off to bar land to become a rock star. What else?

It's unfortunate that you don't see the loyalty from management to players and players to management like we used to see in the old days.

I would like to somehow make the community I live in a better place to live.

I think that New York is the city of all cities. There is so much diversity there. I also like that when I go there, I can catch a play or musical and see some of the most talented people practicing their craft.

I still say one of the greatest moments in my whole NBA career was getting drafted.

I know I can catch the football. That's the least of my worries.

I just felt all along that if I could get a certain amount of years in the league, have great years and still have my health when I walked away, that would be great.

I have no desire to coach basketball.

Being selected Most Improved was a special individual award because when I speak to young people I always try to tell them the importance about it's not where you start but where you end up.

My Daddy liked physical fitness and wanted me to be a prizefighter.

John Henry Lloyd is the man I gave the credit to for polishing my skills. He taught me how to play third base and how to protect myself. John taught me more baseball than anyone else.

We're just a bubble in a boiling pot.

Slow down, everyone. You're moving too fast.

It takes a long, hard effort and sustained determination to reduce crime. We will stay the course and we are confident that the numbers will continue to go down.

If it seems like you are playing around and not practicing, that's when you know you really love it.

I made a lot of mistakes out of the ring, but I never made any in it.

My friend told me later he got the chicken pox. I told him I caught politics and never got over it.

It's as simple as something that nobody knows.

Don't let your dreams be dreams.