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I think we're all pros. If we go out there and just play basketball the right way, everything is gonna work itself out.

I always speak my mind. Whether it be something that's going on in the world, something on the basketball court, or just something I saw with somebody else that's not right.

My whole life, people have doubted me. My mom did. People told me in high school I'm too short and not fast enough to play basketball. They didn't know my story. Because if they did, they'd know that anything is possible.

Passing the basketball - I feel like I've gotten better with that.

I never thought I'd play basketball in China.

That's what it's all about, going out and being able to help in the community and help people around you. That's going to carry far longer than basketball ever will.

My thing that I can do is score the basketball.

Some people see ESPN. They see the long shots. They see me scoring the basketball, but they don't show often too many assists - and I've been doing that my whole career, being able to get the ball to the guy at the right time.

I never thought that I would ever go over to China for any reason - then to be able to go over there and play basketball, embracing the culture.

I call golf with my head and my heart. I don't have any notes in front of me - it's different from basketball and football in that feel.

I started out real young as a tight end, but I was never getting the football. I knew when I played basketball, I loved to have control of the ball. When I played baseball, I was a pitcher. I always wanted to be the guy throwing the passes and making a difference, I guess.

The thing is 3,900 out of 4,000 college basketball players are very happy to have a scholarship. They're happy. They've got a $70,000 scholarship and they've got money in their pocket. It's the other hundred guys and they're all going to make money playing basketball and the top guys are going to make a lot of money.

You've got to understand, every kid in college basketball, if you ask them where they want to play a game, in the NBA or college, they will tell you Madison Square Garden, a huge percentage.

The only thing that matters in college basketball is going to the Final Four.

You have to show high school players that fans care about your program, that they're gonna be at the games. I think that's a huge key to success in college basketball.

I think we can benefit from being in the ACC. It's a great basketball league. If anything, it helps our recruiting.

I love Charles Barkley, he's a good friend of mine and he's a funny guy. He knows nothing about college basketball. Less than nothing.

Basketball would have been the natural sport to play, but it's a little too aggressive for me, so instead I dabbled in volleyball and some good old-fashioned Roller Derby.

Dr. King used to meet me outside the basketball stadium and give me $20 bills to get by.

I was not a good student; I was an average student. In order to play basketball and baseball, I had to go to school every day. And so I was pretty good in terms of attending school.

I played club football with a traveling team since I was 8 years old. I also played basketball and baseball, so I was competing on the athletic fields the entire year.