The people at the top of the league think they need to rein me in so I don't become another Michael Jordan, somebody they aren't able to mold and shape and make their puppet.

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.

We make choices every day, some of them good, some of them bad. And if we are strong enough, we live with the consequences.

Snapchat's the place where people are hearing and learning about culture.

Nights were the worst. I'd try to get some sleep, only to be thrown out of bed and dragged out into the compound for another game of "Let's whack Bobby in the dark!" - Bobby Pendragon, RoZ

There is no discussion inside this boardroom to say we've got to get into this or that. We look at every growth opportunity on its merits.

From what the moderns want, we must learn what poetry should become; from what the ancients did, what poetry must be.

Free from desire, you realize the mystery, caught in the desire, you see only the manifestations.

When I was younger I spent way too much time thinking about me being too fat. So stupid.

Resentment or grudges do no harm to the person against whom you hold these feelings but every day and every night of your life, they are eating at you.

A best friend is a sister that destiny forgot to give you.