Talent sets the floor, character sets the ceiling
What I would say is I've only had one injury in my NBA career that was probably was because my core wasn't strong enough, when I had a stress fracture in my back.
If you don't smell nice before the game, it's going to be pretty bad during and after.
We cannot accept in victory what we would not accept in defeat.
When you work on getting better at something, don't do it half speed
Wherever you go, things change you. I mean, obviously moving to Miami and becoming part of the NBA has given me a different perspective on style than I had when I lived in Chicago or Milwaukee.
Hakeem couldn't kick your ass cause you were too close, kissing his!
The more concerned we become over the things we can't control, the less we will do with the things we can control
What excites me the most is when a coach calls a timeout and chews out his forward because I just dunked on his head.
I was the bridge between the Michael Jordan era and LeBron James era.
Once you are labeled 'the best' you want to stay up there, and you can't do it by loafing around.
So you're dealing with a coach, and you're dealing with a guy who's actually experienced NBA basketball from a player's perspective and actually goes about it that way.
What a pathetic play from a pathetic human being.
I grew up on games like Madden and NBA Jam, then moved on to NFL 2K on Dreamcast. The game I really loved was Virtua Tennis.
Effort is fully replenishable. There is no need to save any of it. Leave every bit you have on the playing field
I'm not like the next Michael Jordan, but I'm also not what everyone saw me as before I started playing in the NBA, either.
Now, if you're an NBA fan, you know what Vince Carter did. I came up with a line about him: 'Half-man, half-amazing. '
Praise behaviour that you want repeated
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'm hungrier than those other guys out there. Every rebound is a personal challenge.