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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

I love New York City; I've got a gun.

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.

Any professional league that goes on strike right now - that's just suicide.

But when I see a story on welfare on television, they only show black people.

I never would say a player stinks. Ever. I'll tell you their team stinks, and first of all, they know their team stinks. And the fans know their team stinks.

I think anybody who is racist is an idiot whether they are black or white.

I'm not paid to be a role model, parents should be role models.

It ain't like we're curing cancer or anything, we're watching basketball.

Just because you say something doesn't make it controversial, and it doesn't make you a bad person.

One thing about being famous is the people around you, you pay all their bills so they very rarely disagree with you because they want you to pick up the check.

If you are afraid of failure you don’t deserve to be successful!

If you are afraid of failure you don’t deserve to be successful.

If you are afraid of failure you don't deserve to be successful.

If you are afraid of failure you don't deserve to be successful!

They run like deer jump like deer and think like deer.

The older I get, the faster I was.

Be where the acting is. I live in Houston. Dallas is 4 1/2 hours away. I let them know there's no difference.

Well concerning the world records that I did, I think it helps a lot to me, yeah. I think it's a very individual thing because I heard some people say, like, oh I don't like it at all. But I definitely, for me it really made a big difference.

There are many experiments and a great deal of research that can be performed on the station that make a difference in our lives and we are committed to supporting this important vocation.

We started filming in 1993 which was only four years after the fall of communism. The difference in Budapest over the last five years has been remarkable.

The difference between talking on your cell phone while driving and speaking with a passenger is huge. The person on the other end of the cell phone is chattering away, oblivious.

What the hell difference does it make, left or right? There were good men lost on both sides.

The difference between a bad artist and a good one is: the bad artist seems to copy a great deal; the good one really does.

I was grateful for the opportunity to make a difference. The political violence really started in 1970-1971. The political difficulties start a little bit beyond that.

I think the human body is beautiful, and I don't really have a huge problem in dealing with it, but it's the context, the environment and what I feel about it that that makes the difference for me.

From my very first day in the Mayor's office, I have worked closely with the Council members who share our vision of a city hall that really protects taxpayers and cares... yes... about the little things that make a big difference in people's lives.

I never considered a difference of opinion in politics, in religion, in philosophy, as cause for withdrawing from a friend.