Quotes from Shawn Kemp

I won so many years in Seattle and then to go to Cleveland... I had a pretty nice year the first year I got there and then the last two years, we just weren't able to make it to the playoffs.

I love Karl Malone.

I wasn't in the right place at Kentucky, and I don't think I ever would have been comfortable in college.

I think most young players who take off from the start are usually put in a situation where they are surrounded by good, veteran players.

I like to try to get around the younger generation to just encourage them. But I've always been afraid of coaching because I was always hard on myself as a player.

I've always appreciated basketball. I never tried to disrespect the game.

People are always going to be negative when they mention my name, but I can accept that and that's what makes it easier for me to go on.

I always found it a great challenge playing against Michael Jordan, to play against Magic Johnson, to play against Larry Bird, to play against all those good players because it's something that you can take away from it.

If you have a goal, you have to step forward and try to get it accomplished.

A lot of times, the spectacular play the fans see is not always what I tried to do. It just happens.

I don't go out looking to make spectacular plays. I just try to come in and be a physical presence inside.

Spectacular plays just happen. That's just part of the game.

I feel I've proved I can rebound, block shots, get steals and pass the ball, too.

In the NBA, you always have to make the right decisions. You should feel free to live a normal life, but you really can't.

You can't be a losing team and get a new arena. That's not fair. That's not fair! That's how I see it.

I'm not going to sit here and tell anybody I haven't had difficulties in my life, haven't made any bad decisions. But to sit back and consider myself a bad person or not doing something positive, it's so untrue.

I'm not U.S.A. Olympic image. I didn't go to college. I came from a different route.

When you watch the old NBA, one thing is for sure, you will see more fights, a little more talking, bigger guys, bigger bodies.

Money means a lot of respect. It means a lot of accomplishment and a lot of hard work.

Anytime you struggle, people are always going to say something.

When I got into the NBA, the thing of it was, if you won, you got a new arena. But if you lost, you had to work to get the arena.

If I read an article and believed everything a guy said about me, I'd believe I was the best person in the world or the worst person in the world, so I can't go off what some guy says about me. I only go off what happens to me.

I never went to the Sonics and asked for more money. I didn't ask for another dollar.

I don't always have to dunk the ball.