“Poor people cannot rely on the government to come to help you in times of need. You have to get your education. Then nobody can control your destiny.”

“My family got all over me because they said Bush is only for the rich people. Then I reminded them, 'Hey, I'm rich'.”

“One thing about being famous is the people around you, you pay all their bills so they very rarely disagree with you because they want you to pick up the check.”

“See, my hope and dream is that people have a good time watching basketball. It's not church. It's not serious.”

“You know it's going to hell when the best rapper out there is white and the best golfer is black.”

“Kids are great. That's one of the best things about our business, all the kids you get to meet. It's a shame they have to grow up to be regular people and come to the games and call you names.”

“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.”

“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.”

“You know it's going to hell when the best rapper out there is white and the best golfer is black.”