I think I got hooked up because I try to do good things with the NBA, and they always want somebody who's notable and who's personable with people.

When I dunk, I put something on it. I want the ball to hit the floor before I do.

When everything is said and done there is nothing left to do or say.

I'm six foot eleven. My birthday covers three days.

I know what I want, but I'm not allowed to pick a favorite.If I was to say one guy, that guy would be feeling like 'I got this,' and I want everybody to have a chance.

I was a power dunker. I want to go straight up, put it down on somebody. I want everybody under there.

Music? All kinda music. I don't just listen to one thing; I listen to everything.

I got hooked up with the NBA Nation and the next thing I knew I was judging the Sprite Slam Dunk Showdown. They needed somebody who can travel on the weekends and go up to eight different cities.

I will try just about all the folk food we go to in any place.

If you want to be truly successful invest in yourself to get the knowledge you need to find your unique factor. When you find it and focus on it and persevere your success will blossom.

...you do not have too many boogeymen for me. You have just the right number.

My mom, Irmelin, taught me the value of life. Her own life was saved by my grandmother during World War II.

"To fashion stars out of dog dung, that is the Great Work. To take a negative experience and, by comparing it to something worse, make it feel good, is the great skill."

Bambi has a profound effect on children because it's about losing your mother.

Religion is the most fragile of all freedoms. And that's because it is the most threatening to those in power.

If you cannot bless yourself, then nobody can bless you.

Colonies are necessary to Germany. We shall get them through negotiation if possible; but if not, we shall take them.

There was one issue on which there seemed to be almost unanimity: the Internet should not be managed by any government, national or multinational.

It is unrealistic to think you can have an inflexible identity that never has to give or take or make compromises.