Quotes from Shawn Kemp

There's no second-place winners in this league.

The only thing that motivates me is to become better.

I started jogging, jogging and jogging. I ran this weight off.

I'm all for doing positive. I've worked in the community. My wife, she's spending her life basically giving back to the community. That's something that we take pretty seriously, man.

I'm no dummy. I have a good sense of the business end of this game.

Trust me, I have had my days where I don't feel great about myself. You have those days where you kind of get down. But for the most part, I have been able to stay focused and happy and use my time wisely.

I'm just getting wiser as I get older.

You have to challenge yourself and things happen from there.

I have always been able to handle situations well once they've happened to me.

Anytime you're playing with a team that's losing, the main guy is going to take a lot of the heat.

I will be Shawn Kemp regardless of whether I have money or not. The only thing money does is show who you are.

My hopes and dreams are to be in the Hall of Fame one day.

When I walk into a gym full of kids, I could be having the worst day possible, but once you see the kids smile it changes your whole day around.

I remember when I was a rookie, there was an article in 'USA Today' that said, 'Larry Bird, he's lost a step.' That night I went out to guard him, he scored, like, 47 on me.

When stuff happens to you, it just makes you tougher, man.

I just want to get as far away from Indiana as possible.

I actually felt bad because I was dunking the ball so much. I led the league in dunks one year, and they told me that was the wrong thing to do.

You don't work your butt off for 90 yards of a 100-yard dash and then just quit.

When a person gets to the age of 35 and you go to jail, it either makes you or breaks you. It made me identify what I wanted.

I get excited after I dunk. I yell and scream, but it's not yelling and screaming at other players to show them up. It's the way I play. What I do is have fun on the court.

It doesn't matter who's under the basket, I'm going to try to slam or block the shot.

People enjoy the game of basketball, so if you're not smiling, the fans are not going to smile. You can't go around mean-mugging everybody at every game.

I've been called so many names and been written off by so many people who just say, 'Whatever happened to this guy?'

I played so many years without having a big contract, to have the big contract and not win and not have the appreciation, it hurt.