It was a blessing just to play one NBA basketball game.
I got a lot of love for NBC, Tom Brokaw. He did a lot for me, and I appreciate him, and I owe a lot to him for that.
I have no regrets on anything. People ask me all the time, 'Do I have any regrets?' I don't have any. If I could back and do it all over, would I change anything? No.
I'm just overwhelmed with the fact that I had a signature shoe. It's actually 'my shoe.'
Obviously, if I could go back and change anything, I would be a perfect man. And I know there's no perfect man.
I want to play basketball so bad.
You used to think the suspect was the guy with the cornrows; now you see the police officers with the cornrows.
Being older, I can't imagine a parent not wanting to be in their kid's life. I will just never understand it. To me, it's priceless.
If we lose games, and I don't score a lot, they gonna say I'm not scoring enough.
Everybody talks about that one when they first meet me. 'Man, I still remember the play you shook Jordan.' Everybody gonna always remember it because it was Jordan.
As far as how I expressed 'practice, practice, practice' over and over again, I wouldn't take that back because, obviously, that sound bite is great for the media and for the fans, because they love it.
Man, people have been waiting for me to fall off my whole career. From the first time I stepped on the court. It probably made people sick to their stomachs watching my whole career, watching the things that I've done in my career.
I love my fans in Philadelphia, but this is the hardest place in the world to play in. And I think it's the hardest place to play in to be a superstar. Just to be the No. 1 guy. All eyes on you - because everybody wants you to be perfect, but not themselves.
All my tattoos are tattoos that I wanted to get, but I couldn't afford.
I had to learn that some people are just not going to like you. I had to have thick skin when I would see what people would say or write about me.
I want to thank coach Thompson... for saving my life. For giving me the opportunity.
This is like a tribute to them, the people who helped me to get here. The thing that makes me feel good about the whole thing is, the fans voted me here.
Doing this for so long, I realize that the media - you have a boss. And your boss wants you to provide the best material that you can. And he might put pressure on you to do it a way that you feel is unconstitutional. You might not like it. But you still gotta feed your family.
If you're from Virginia, then you know some white people from Poquoson don't like black people.
That's where I'll get the love in my heart: from, the fact that little young guys can look at the obstacles that I had to go through to become a Hall of Famer and know it's not so bad when it comes to them trying to accomplish the same goal.
