When you are not practicing, someone else is getting better.
It was a blessing just to play one NBA basketball game.
Just understand that there's going to be some ups, there's going to be some downs.
You gotta do what you gotta do. And I had to figure that out, and I used to - I couldn't stand the media, but I realized they have a job. They gotta do what they have to do.
I'm a Hall of Famer, and I can go outside today and go to a restaurant or wherever, and somebody will come up to me and say, 'Practice? We talkin' 'bout practice?' Man, I am a Hall of Famer, and that's all you can think about?
LeBron ain't got none of my game, but his heart is all mine.
All my tattoos are tattoos that I wanted to get, but I couldn't afford.
I didn't take constructive criticism the way I should have. When I finally caught up to that, that's when I went to being the MVP.
If I don't believe it, then they don't need me on the court. I've just got to believe that in my heart.
Doing this for so long, I realize that the media - you have a boss. And your boss wants you to provide the best material that you can. And he might put pressure on you to do it a way that you feel is unconstitutional. You might not like it. But you still gotta feed your family.
I just feel this is my planet.
You don't want to hear about how much money I donate to the Boys and Girls Clubs of America or to AIDS awareness or to give out scholarships. You don't want to hear about that.
Personally I just want to win a championship.
I used to say my biggest accomplishment was just getting drafted, whether it was the first pick or the 100th or whatever.
As far as how I expressed 'practice, practice, practice' over and over again, I wouldn't take that back because, obviously, that sound bite is great for the media and for the fans, because they love it.
He's helped me do so much in my career, helped me be the player that I am. If there's no Larry Brown, then there's no MVP, Allen Iverson.
I failed, got back up. I failed, got back up.
I make all that money and it ain't enough. I gotta make more to help all the people around me.
If you're from Virginia, then you know some white people from Poquoson don't like black people.