I have an ego like everyone else. I want to be recognized as a good ballplayer.
I'm a bartender's son. Some things you never forget.
My brother thundered me in everything most of my life. He was a great carrot out in front of me. All I wanted to do, ever, was beat him at anything.
I'm not a cerebral player. When I'm out on the floor, I try to play.
I just always believed that all comments are better face-to-face, whether they're derogatory or whether they're not.
I haven't played quarterback since eighth or ninth grade. I didn't see it get much attention when I completed a pass then.
I heal quickly, and I stay in good shape, and I will stay in good shape.
I never thought I'd make it in the NBA, so everything else is gravy.
I know my first years sitting on the bench, largely behind Rickey Green, was a great learning tool for me.
To be a great player and a great scorer, you have to find ways to get yourself open and get shots off. It's a dog fight.
I have a great respect for people that write. I don't know how they do it every day... or do novels that they have to use their minds instead of just their memories. It's tough duty.
I try to exploit things against everybody; that's part of the game: beat the guy that guards me while you're beating their team.
I was thinking back when Karl Malone and I, when one of us would be in the weight room early in the morning, and the other one wasn't there, the first comment to the other person would be, 'It's mighty lonely up here.'
If I pass the ball to Karl Malone, he still has to make the shot, or nothing has happened.
I don't care if people even discuss what I did. But if anyone is ever sitting around the kitchen table talking about my career, I hope they say they enjoyed watching me play. That's good enough.
All I know is the same lessons you need to learn at Little League basketball, you need to learn at the upper levels. It's the little things you learn when you're little that apply in college.
I didn't want to get caught up in the mind-set that, 'Wait a minute, I'm ahead of Magic. I better slow down.'
I was always the kid dribbling the ball on the sidelines, hoping someone would pick me. I'd go with my older brother to the gym or park, and when I went out there, I'd pass the ball so I could get picked again.
You have a different personality in front of the world than you do in front of your pals at home. I like to keep them separate.
I don't go home to parades.
