Death has always had a prominent place in my mind. There are times when I think somebody might kill me.

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

A player dreams of being a superstar, but he doesn't want people flocking all over him asking for an autograph.

I'm nothing more than a sports slave.

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

I think marriage and athletes is a bad combination.

I've got to give Larry Bird his due; he was a great player. He knew the game and he was smart.

At least 50 times. I've jumped off a building, jumped off a cliff in a car. I've been in bedrooms when women came in with knives and guns.

Fifty percent of life in the N.B.A. is sex. The other fifty percent is money.