I love you Philadelphia. I want to thank you for accepting me, and letting me be me and make this my home forever.

You have to go through good times and bad times to get where you're trying to go.

I don't want to be another Jordan, Magic, or Isiah. When my career is over, I want to be able to look in the mirror and say 'I did it my way'.

I'd rather have more heart than talent any day.

I play every game like it's my last game. All that matters is that you go out there and play every game as if it was your last.

I'm not perfect. But I am trying every day to concentrate on being better.

A jump shot can get you a shoe deal, a big house, a supermodel, fancy cars, a bunch of yes men, a Swiss bank account. But none of these things can get you a jump shot

Mistakes happen. But after a while you've got to stop making them happen twice.

When you are not practicing, someone else is getting better.

When I was young, everyone laughed at me when I said that I wanted to be a professional basketball player...now it's my turn to laugh.

If you're struggling with your shooting, then do other things on the basketball court. Get steals, get assists, get rebounds-do anything on the court to help the team win.

How quickly the dead faded into each other,

My confidence and drive to go play came when I realized how gifted I was at such a young age and how much bigger my build was than the kids my age.

There is no such thing as a pure extrovert or a pure introvert. Such a man would be in the lunatic asylum.

Childhood smells of perfume and brownies.

The choices I make - they have to be creative.

Advertising generally works to reinforce consumer trends rather than to initiate them.

We simply have not kept in touch with poetry

I threw so hard I thought my arm would fly right off my body.

That's what I want to be when I grow up, just a peaceful wreck holding hands with other peaceful wrecks.

My hero in comic books is Jack Kirby: 'Spider-Man,' 'Fantastic Four,' 'Captain America,' Marvel Comics. He was really the basis for Marvel Comics.