I was on my way to becoming a Hall of Famer and having my name in the rafters, but three surgeries in 14 months, that is not good. I wasn't the same player.

Fans saying a player is overpaid doesn't bother a player. What bothers an injured player is watching your competitors grow.

You get paid on what you did, not what you're gonna do. That's what people don't understand. You get paid on what you did.

I'm an app creator.

I'm smarter than the average; I just act dumb. That's what gets people's attention; you act dumb, you get people's attention.

I can lack communication with people. I shy away from everybody. I always want to be alone.

I can interact with anybody, but I'm shy.

I think I'm one of the rare people out there who still cares about the game of basketball.

I lived in Washington longer than I have lived anywhere else, so it's considered home, even though I moved back to California.

I feel like most ex-NBA players don't embrace the team they played for.

When you blink, you're on the back end of your career.

John Wall - me and him talk a lot.

If we lost a game, and I thought I played bad, I'm staying in the gym to keep shooting. That's what I did.

That's what I was known for: I was a gym rat.

When I look back on my career, from the hard work I put in, I got everything I deserved.

I want politicians coming to me and asking me for advice.

I have so much entertainment going on in my house that I don't need to go out.

Some people just can't forgive. And that's just the way life is. You know, I can't forgive some things, either.

I don't think anyone's worth $100 million if Michael Jordan wasn't, but hey, that's what Abe Pollin thought I was worth, and if someone puts $100 million in front of you, you're gonna take it, too.

I'm a goof. C'mon, everyone knows that.

If you have a kid that loves basketball - that eats, sleeps, drinks, and thinks basketball, and all he knows is basketball - and he gets hurt, and he's your franchise player, you need to hold him back from himself.

Most kids would be like, 'My dad's never around.' But I saw it as a positive. He was out there working to provide for me.

I'm my own man.

When I went through my life, I was like, 'I sit around and play video games all day. Nobody wants to hear about this.'

I always have something going on.

I check out my MySpace. I'll go on sites to see what's funny on YouTube.

Some people would rather not go to arenas; they'd rather just sit at home and watch the game at home or play on the computer.

I really don't want to feel like an adult.

You don't want to be too uptight about anything. Especially your job.

As happy as I am off the floor, on the floor I'm the opposite. I don't take any crap.

I was an only child.

At the end of the day, you have 82 games. You're going to win some division games, and you're going to lose some division games.

If you're having a bad day, or you're having a bad career, go to Manila. They'll bring your spirits up.

I got three 'Tiger Woods' games for my Xbox just in case one gets scratched.

My best moment in the league came when I scored my first bucket.

When I was little, I looked in the mirror and held the Bible in my hand - that's how I talked to God. I never just asked for stuff. The way I saw it, if you give Him something, you get something.

I was in honors classes in high school. I'd get an A on every test, but I had a 1.9 grade point average. The teacher would say, 'You didn't do your homework.' I'd say, 'But isn't the homework supposed to be the lead-up to the test?'

You can't start anything and not trust nobody. You trust everybody until they do something wrong.

I always try to find something funny in any situation.

Basketball is basketball. I don't think people realize that. No matter what city, overseas, D-league, park league - I just want to play.

I'm mentally strong.

I have the mind-set that a guard can't stick me. So I watch the bigs and see how they like to play. If you're a shot blocker, then I jump into you. If you take charges, then I pull up for the midrange.

I'm a scorer. I score in volumes.

I'm a shooter. You don't lose your shooting touch.

Chauncey Billups is really not a scoring guard.

Fans love me because I connect with them. No other superstar can do that.

People call me all kinds of things, I guess, because I'm a little different. I'm never what they expect.

I don't want to get married unless they change the marriage laws. You should have to sign a marriage contract for no more than five years, with an option to opt out.