I say I'm Jimi Hendrix, Jim Morrison, Janis Joplin all wrapped up into one. If I die early ... I'll be just like those guys.

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.

There are no tyrants if there are no slaves.

Too much mystery is merely an annoyance. Too much adventure is exhausting. And a little terror goes a long way.

I owe my last breath to death but not one breath more.

I think everybody's contemplating TV now, because mid-level and high-budget independent films are not being made now.

No president has ever been elected with unemployment over 8 percent.

It doesn't take Warren Buffett to realize that when companies don't know what new rules will look like, it affects their ability to commit capital and create new jobs.

Are you tired of lyrical liars, passing fliers, Wannabe MC's, but really good triers, Tripping over mic cords, getting you bored, A total fraud, this kind of thing I can't afford!

Jargon: any technical language we do not understand.

What a lot of things there are a man can do without.

As you walk through life, always walk toward the light, and the shadows of life will fall behind you.