I wanted to become a champ - I was surrounded by champs in my family and in my neighborhood - and because of this stupid accident, I lost my opportunity.
I'm a family man. I just love being around my family.
If I told you that the big contract had nothing to do with my signing, Id be lying. It made the future secure for my family.
I hate to be fatalistic about it, but alcoholism, it's just in your genes. We had some of it in my family, and it just got me.
Perserverance. . .that's been the story of my family.
I sang for my family. And I think probably the first time I sang and got paid for it, I was about 6 or 7.
But I mean, even my family gets spoiled at times watching me doing things that I do, on and off the court.
My family were staunch believers in physical violence, not automatic violence, and we had a Safeway around the corner, so we never really needed to kill anything.
They can't fire me because my family buys too many tickets.
I'm at peace with my family, my friends, myself and God so there's really nothing else that I worry about.