I love New York City; I’ve got a gun.

This place? Nothing positive. OK, I want to say something positive. It’s positively a dump.

You know it’s going to hell when the best rapper out there is white and the best golfer is black.

The main thing to do is relax and let your talent do the work.

My initial response was to sue her for defamation of character, but then I realized that I had no character.

I’m no role model.

If I weren’t earning $3 million a year to dunk a basketball, most people on the street would run in the other direction if they saw me coming.

I know I’m never as good or bad as one single performance. I’ve never believed in my critics or my worshippers, and I’ve always been able to leave the game at the arena.

These are my new shoes. They’re good shoes. They won’t make you rich like me, they won’t make you rebound like me, they definitely won’t make you handsome like me. They’ll only make you have shoes like me. That’s it.

The only difference between a good shot and a bad shot is if it goes in or not.

If somebody hits you with an object you should beat the hell out of them.

Kids are great. That’s one of the best things about our business, all the kids you get to meet. It’s a shame they have to grow up to be regular people and come to the games and call you names.

I’m not a role model… Just because I dunk a basketball doesn’t mean I should raise your kids.

I know that I’m never as good or bad as any single performance. I’ve never believed my critics or my worshippers, and I’ve always been able to leave the game at the arena.

I love New York City; I’ve got a gun.

I don’t know what that gas is made of, but it can’t smell any worse than Ernie Johnson ‘s gym bag.

I think that the team that wins game five will win the series. Unless we lose game five.

Sometimes that light at the end of the tunnel is a train.

We don’t need refs, but I guess white guys need something to do.

I don’t think of myself as giving interviews. I just have conversations. That gets me in trouble.

Somebody hits me, I’m going to hit him back. Even if it does look like he hasn’t eaten in a while.

I don’t care what people think. people are stupid.

Poor people cannot rely on the government to come to help you in times of need. You have to get your education. Then nobody can control your destiny.

My family got all over me because they said Bush is only for the rich people. Then I reminded them, ‘Hey, I’m rich’.