When I was 3, my father stopped coming home.

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.

They want somebody to hit home runs, and I can be that guy. Why not me, right?

We stand strong together - as Americans - many cultures, races and faiths, but one nation under God.

It's always amazing to me the idiosyncrasies people end up disliking others for.

Why should I care about posterity? What's posterity ever done for me?

If I knew I was going to win, I probably wouldn't even fight.

Trying to observe the slow shift from self-centeredness to empathy is like trying to watch grass grow.

As the sea-crab swimmeth always against the stream, so doth wit always against wisdom.

I'm still true to my Southern roots.

No, listen to me! Look in my eye. You need to beat Randy Orton.

At the end of the day, I'm very convinced that you're going to be judged on how you are as a husband and as a father and not on how many bowl games we won.