I don't fit into the mold of the NBA man, and I think I've been punished financially for it.

This life is like a swimming pool. You dive into the water, but you can't see how deep it is.

I want to do for rebounds what Michael Jordan did for dunks.

Don't let what other people think decide who you are.

My rookie year, I was very immature.

I'm hungrier than those other guys out there. Every rebound is a personal challenge.

You can love me or you can hate me.

I go out there and get my eyes gouged, my nose busted, my body slammed. I love the pain of the game.

If I don't finish in the top three for the next Nobel Peace Prize, something's seriously wrong.

They say Elvis is dead. I say, no, you're looking at him. Elvis isn't dead; he just changed color.

There's no image we can't improve.

A writer who writes more than he reads is an amateur.

I don't know if I'm the best of the best. But I did know that if I quit, I wouldn't be.

When I was a young artist, I liked and was interested in belonging to the mainstream comics group. I didnt introduce myself as an author, but only as a designer.

Sooner or later a false belief bumps up against solid reality, usually on a battlefield.

You don't need a reason to divorce someone you can't stand.

First study the science, and then practice the art which is born of that science.

Things that are separate shall be united and acquire such virtue that they will restore to man his lost memory.

Ignore reality, there's nothing you can do about it.

Humans aren't as good as we should be in our capacity to empathize with feelings and thoughts of others, be they humans or other animals on Earth.

If we could only live the way we know deep down we should, we would guarantee ourselves a life of richness & fulfillment.