I could have been better. That's my goal now, to be better.

If I had to think of what I would do different in my whole career, it's that I never would have picked up a beer, bottle of vodka. That definitely changed my life. That is an Achilles' heel for me.

That's what prison did for me, it isolated me, you know, it polished me up like a stone.

I went down and played with Magic Johnson at his all-star game in Atlanta. I remember Magic stopped the game and said, 'We need you here with us in L.A.

I want to be here, for my family. I want to be here for my baby. I want to see the birth of my baby.

If it wasn't for prison, I was in a bad way.

I'll say life is simpler.

I want to see the birth of my baby. Hopefully it's a boy. He can play for St. John's.

I think no athlete wants to end his career on an injury.

I lost my way for a long time.

I always relate respectfully with blue-collar people.

The first act in the training of a warrior should be how to string his rifle and turn it into a guitar

Be happy, be happy.

Universe responds to the person who meditates daily.

We all have horrible track records, ” he said. “It’s what leads up to the real thing. It’s what allows you to recognize it when it shows up.

Man had to hang on to his pride.

A man's life is what his thoughts make it.

The reasoning man who scorns the prejudices of simpletons necessarily becomes the enemy of simpletons; he must expect as much, and laugh at the inevitable.

In order to go anywhere it is necessary to be where one is.

Sometimes, and those times are many, wisdom demands that we remain silent. This is such a time.

While growing up, I lived in my own fantasy world. I had kind of a rough childhood, so I created my own reality.