I want to go to China or coach or play arena football.

At 19 years old, when I came out of St. John's, I was fresh out the 'hood. I was fresh out of Queensbridge.

I wish I would have listened, when I was a kid, to my elders or people who had my best interests at heart, and then I wish I would have been more conscious at that age also.

As far as the pros, people pay to come and see us, and I appreciate it because I'm able to take care of my family. So I don't really judge fans about what they say, good or bad.

When I guard LeBron, I used to always want him to shoot, but he would just make the right play. He's legendary for making the right play, and it's really hard to guard when you're a team player.

The thing about LeBron is he's very unselfish, right? So he can pass the ball.

When I was with the Bulls, I was very dysfunctional.

I'm not going to sugarcoat myself. For what?

For me, basketball was always about survival because I was just trying to get out the hood, right? When I got to Chicago, I'm like, 'I'm just trying to survive, and anybody I got to step on or break, so be it.'

To me, Omarosa, she's just a nice lady, a big sister that I really love.

With MJ and Kobe, what you get is you get people who is talking trash to you and backing it up.

I shake everybody's hand before the game, but Oklahoma City, they don't shake hands. Only some of them, but I don't think they really shake hands before the game.

I work hard. That's what people should know about me. I work hard. I eat right. I'm in the gym.

I always like to make some jokes, sometimes.

I know we had a lot of wars on the court. The Pistons - those were the roughest games I ever played in.

I don't care if I'm starting or sweeping the floors. You hear me? I want to win.

As I get older, I'm learning how to just play hard.

This media era is amazing. Twitter, Facebook, ESPN, news outlets everywhere.

I'll just keep working hard and see where it takes me.

It's not all about becoming an NBA player; sometimes it's about becoming your best self and making the biggest impact you can make.

Patience is weapon. I learned that from my Laker days.

I just like to stay ready for whatever presents itself.

Metta World brings championship mentality. That's it. One thing. That's what I do.

I'm accustomed to playing basketball really rough. When I came into the league, I was used to fighting on the court. That's how I grew up playing basketball.

I've totally sacrificed my ego. And what happens? God is giving me everything.

I spent a lot of my career fighting coaches. When coaches told me don't shoot, I'd shoot anyway.

Legally we have integration, social acceptance and diversity... but that doesn't mean... everybody is down with it.

I love the genre of early Hollywood. It gives you everything.

We've all sort of been there: It's coming on Christmas, all that preparation is going on, and you just want to escape. You don't want to buy into it. It's a time of year that brings up a lot of memories for people, and if you're missing somebody, it's hardest at this time of year.

I'm not a big fan of Christmas, and I think there are a lot of people who feel a bit melancholy at the holiday.

You often take the mick out of the people you like best.

I'd rather take the mick out of myself before anyone else does. I know they'll do it, so I'd rather get in there first!

When I was playing Marius in the inaugural production of 'Les Mis,' I contracted glandular fever which developed into a post-viral depression. I was 23 and I couldn't see any light at the end of the tunnel.

To dream of the person you would like to be is to waste the person you are.

I'd love to explore South America, but the security issues worry me.

I love my fans and they follow me everywhere - I recognise a lot of faces.

The one I really get on with is Princess Anne. Talk about calls a spade a shovel! And she's so clued-up. She's a patron of a number of charities. I've been involved in a couple and she's not just a name. She knows the research programmes that are going on. She really does her homework.

I don't think you last very well in this business if you're trendy because trends come and go.

I love doing characters that surprise people and showing what I am, which is an actor, first and foremost.

I got involved in the Surrey Country youth theatre which led me to go to drama school where I realised that this was going to have to be my career, and I was really lucky to get big breaks early on.

I was very close to my grandmother, Agnes Parry. She was a typical matriarchal leader of the family and the community. People looked up to her and would always go to her for advice and help.

I had Steven Spielberg on my radio show.

I have my family life and I think it's important to be able to shut the door and keep the door shut, and that keeps you grounded. You stay in reality.

I love the idea of being on stage and people thinking they know who Michael Ball is, they've got an image and then not knowing and going: who's that? I mean, that's the best compliment ever.

I spent my 40th birthday on the stage of the Palladium in 'Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.'

Tapping therapy is absolutely brilliant. Stephen Gately from Boyzone, God rest his soul, told me about it. It's just a little tap that focuses the mind away from that wave of panic and adrenalin that shoots into your body.

I particularly like Alan Moore and Neil Gaiman. Both writers have wit and imagination and the breadth of stories they tell coupled with extraordinary artwork make for fascinating reading.

If you've got someone fighting your corner, someone who loves you and you love, and is also really, really clever, the battle is so much easier.

I have a family who are desperately not interested in sharing their life with the world.

I've got soft features, curly hair with blonde bits and dimples. People think of me as a singer, an entertainer, someone who's always there with a ready smile.