Don't get me wrong - I love Jason Kidd, he is an excellent point guard... but when I feel that I am the best point guard, how do I get it? How do you compare yourself to him? That's not important, I mean, if I always think I'm the best, then why am I sitting here comparing myself to others? …I’ll tell you this: I know for a fact that I’m the best point guard in the NBA, and I don’t need anyone else to tell me that. When I walk on the basketball court, if I think about all of you saying that, I'll go crazy. ——Stephen Marbury

2. That is something done by the lowest level player. You must not do it. That guy has homosexual tendencies. I once told him, touch him. My private parts, he is also gay! ——Francisco Elson

3. Those guys all depend on me. Nick Anderson just got a new contract, Chevis Knight also got a new one on me. The contract, actually, Fisher called me yesterday to thank me (Fisher had just signed with the Warriors at the time). If you put two guys on me, then I can pass the ball to Eddie, who is the best shooter in the East, or I can pass the ball to Wade, or I can put the ball on the floor and block it in front of you. Drop it! ——Shaquille O'Neal

4. That's it, I'm from Somalia and I need to eat. ——Stephen Jackson describing his passion for winning

5. You know, softball is another sport I play besides basketball. ——LeBron James

6. All I have to say is (expletive) it, (expletive) them, (expletive) everyone, everything damn it! --Brad Miller on rumors of tension between him and Chris Webber

7. That's what I was thinking, or I was just jumping up and down because I was dumbfounded. ——Sam Mitchell confirmed after the game that he believed the last-second shot was valid, but the shot was later canceled

8. I don’t know what the hell about that girl What's wrong. ——Reggie Evans said about Pau Gasol

9. I have never had a meal like that, not even anything like it. I don’t even drink hard liquor or anything like that. I never stick, you just give me a meatloaf and some fried chicken. - Paul Pierce

10. I don’t have to take a shot from more than two feet away, I’m in the top 50 in the NBA Among them, from where I started, I have already scored 23,000 points! ——When Danny Fortson challenged O'Neal, thinking that O'Neal should take more jump shots, O'Neal responded like this

11. The new idiot in this city is Chad Ford of ESPN.com . ——Mark Cuban (Note: Chad Ford is a famous columnist for ESPN.com)

12. I don’t want to speak to him, and I haven’t voted for him before. This is just that we must not Things not to do. ——When people asked what he said to President George Bush when the team visited the White House, Rashid responded like this

13. Dampier is a softie! Use this sentence in your newspaper, mark it with key symbols, print it out, give it to him, and never ask me about this guy again! ——Shaq

14. Fans: I just want to know...have you ever blocked Shaq during practice?

Wade: No, I tried to do it once, but Shaq told me, 'Don't ever try it again! ’

15. I really like Alston, we have always gotten along very well, and we have had a lot of fun times together, but I can’t share those with you guys. ——Jalen Rose

15. Jaren Rose vs. Alston (Part 2)

When (Jalen) came over, I planned to give him a kiss, but no on his lips. ——Alston

16. Do you think Vared is a volatile and unstable guy? This guy is now taking this quality to a whole new level, and he wilts as soon as the air conditioner is turned on. ——Rick Adelman

17. I don’t think Laura Frank is anything great. You heard me right—Laura Frank, not Lawrence, Laura...this is not me I'm blaming him, I just hope he can come up with a manly tactic and stop begging and complaining! When he begged and complained, that's when I changed his name to Lawrence Frank! ——Shaq (Note: Laura is a female name, Lawrence is a male name)

18. I think the types of centers you are looking for at the moment are Collier and Nowitzki. Guys can shoot the ball, and you can't take that away from them. I've never been a shooter, but I've always been a prolific scorer. You know what? ——Shaq

19. When you are 60 years old, you act like a 60-year-old. Don’t act like a 20-year-old. This is what I want to say about Jerry Buss. . ——Shaq

20. I want to do something within the definition of ‘bandit’.

——Ron Artest