Basketball was always something I felt I could dominate, something I could control.

Changing my name was meant to inspire and bring youth together all around the world.

I definitely want to thank my doctor, Dr. Sandy, um, my psychiatrist, she really helped me relax a lot, thank you so much.

I'm not a player, I'm an alien...My focus is on winning championships. I don't focus on anything else. Aliens only want to win championships.

I'm one of the best defenders to ever play basketball, so I'm still the first option on defense.

The Earth is moving right now.

I'm a little obsessed with being competitive.

You know, you've got fans and 99.9 percent of them are great-and .1 percent are jerks.

There's a lot of negativity in the world. I'm trying to be positive.

Some things you do-or you're about to do-you can just be like, 'Hey, don't do that because it means trouble.' So I've got to back off.

Always have fun but stay hungry. Find that balance.

I'm drowning and you're stealing every breath.

I am just a person who can't skate in the mountains

I have a lot of looks but right now I'm really into grunge. Messy hair, black heels. I get Michelle Pfeiffer with it.

After dating for five years, my relationship with Irina Shayk has come to an end. We believed it would be best for both of us to take this step now. I wish Irina the greatest happiness.

I developed an anger at [Moses] Mendelssohn. Later, I read the book. I realized there was nothing subversive in it.

Nobody can make you feel inferior without your consent. It’s not who you are that holds you back, it’s who you think you’re not.

I said nothing. I’m good at saying nothing. I don’t like talking. I could go the rest of my life without saying another word, if I had to.

Take my advice and live for a long, long time. Because the maddest thing a man can do is this life is to let himself die.

Vampires have risen from the dead, the grave, and the crypt, but have never managed it from the cat.

I would probably have been very content as a scholar to have carried on organising exhibitions and writing books and teaching.