I think if Yao Ming was on my team, we'd probably have a 100 percent chance of winning an NBA championship.
I wasn't used to the attention, I wasn't used to having money, I wasn't used to being the main focus on an NBA team.
I was the bridge between the Michael Jordan era and LeBron James era.
Not a game, not a game... practice.
I'm going to always be a Sixer til I die.
I thought we'd be discussing about me not leaving Philadelphia and they just kept asking me about the practice, so I lost it.
In 2001 we didn't have all the talent in the world, we just had me on offense and just a bunch of tough ass dudes, and a great coach in Larry Brown.
I am the MVP and I gotta worry about the trade talk.
I want to return to the NBA this season, and help any team that wants me, in any capacity that they feel that I can help. I'm disappointed.
I dont want to be a point guard, or a two-guard, I want people to think of me as "creative", I just want to create on the court.
I wasn't a bad guy. I just wanted God to give me a second chance.
I see kids today trying to do the things I did, and it makes me feel like I've come a long way.
When I was a little kid I used to go on the playground and say: today I will shoot like Bird, pass like Magic, jump like Mike, be quick like Zeke. I am thankful to them, since without seeing them do things they did, I wouldn't be in the NBA.
I take everything I learned from the streets and put it in my NBA game.
Believe me, I am not even that brave enough to miss that many practices.
People think that I'm some tough renegade, black-hearted being, evil, but that ain't me.
My whole thing was, just being me. Now, you look around the NBA and all of them have tattoos, guys wearing cornrows. Now you see the police officers with the cornrows. I took a beating for those types of things.
I made a lot of mistakes, a lot of things I'm not proud of. But it's only for other people to learn from.
I play every game like it's my last game. All that matters is that you go out there and play every game as if it was your last.
I don't want to be another Jordan, Magic, or Isiah. When my career is over, I want to be able to look in the mirror and say 'I did it my way'.
It's an honor. It's tough enough just to make an All-Star team, but when you're able to be a starter, it just says a lot about being pretty much one of the faces of the NBA because the fans pick you.