I love putting people to work of color.

I think you just have to keep knocking down doors, you have to keep being aggressive, and even if somebody says 'No', then you have to knock on the next door.

I was able to see what I wanted to do, I could see the opportunity, even when others could not, and I stay committed to doing it and doing it well, no matter what.

I never think that there's something I can't do, whether it's beating my opponent one on one or practicing another hour because something about my game is just not right.

They said playing basketball would kill me. Well, not playing basketball was killing me.

I only know how to play two ways: reckless and abandon.

People don't stop eating, and they don't stop drinking coffee.

On his telepathic understanding with James Worthy- It's almost like we have ESPN.

I tell you, it's funny because the only time I think about HIV is when I have to take my medicine twice a day.

When in doubt, take a bath...

Ten men waiting for me at the door? Send one of them home, I'm tired.

I didn't discover curves; I only uncovered them.

She's the kind of girl who climbed the ladder of success wrong by wrong.

When women go wrong, men go right after them.

Getting married is like trading in the adoration of many for the sarcasm of one.

His mother should have thrown him away and kept the stork.

Marriage is a fine institution, but I'm not ready for an institution.

I'm no model lady. A model's just an imitation of the real thing.

Papa Don't Preach

If I'm smart then I'll run away, but I'm not so I guess I'll stay

I always thought I should be treated like a star.

Everyone probably thinks that I'm a raving nymphomaniac, that I have an insatiable sexual appetite, when the truth is I'd rather read a book.

I want to be like Gandhi and Martin Luther King and John Lennon but i want to STAY ALIVE.

If your joy is derived from what society thinks of you, you're always going to be disappointed.