We're like Iraq. We're hiding missiles. We've got two missiles in reserve.

I went down and played with Magic Johnson at his all-star game in Atlanta. I remember Magic stopped the game and said, 'We need you here with us in L.A.'

If I had to think of what I would do different in my whole career, it's that I never would have picked up a beer, bottle of vodka. That definitely changed my life. That is an Achilles' heel for me.

I always relate respectfully with blue-collar people.

I love basketball and look forward to competing again at the sport that I hold so dear, ... Interested NBA teams want assurances that I am completely recovered and that I am able to deal with rigors of daily competition. The very competitive CBA will provide me this opportunity.

[For his role in the tragedy, Velez received a sentence of three-to-six years in jail.] Everywhere Sergio beat Linda and cut her open, she started to scar, ... She never recovered her beauty, but she was still beautiful to me.