Tyson Chandler Quotes

When I look back at my basketball career, I want to say I tried to inspire as much as I could.

Growing up, Michael Jordan was my Olympic hero.

The Olympics are only once every four years, so you have to take advantage of all your opportunities, both to be an inspiration to people and help support your sponsors who help you.

I've always been really inspired by watching top athletes putting in peak performances.

I lived to play basketball. Growing up as a kid, Bill Russell and the Boston Celtics were my favorite team. The way they played, the teamwork, the sacrifice, the commitment, the joy, the camaraderie, the relationship with the fans.

When I do a job, I do it 100 percent. I am so grateful for the chance to do what I do.

I'm very lucky to be doing what I'm doing, and the reason I'm doing everything is because of fans.

Basketball is the axis that allows me to do the things that I do. I have so much love for the game, and it gives me to the option to be able to jump into fashion.

I have the opportunity to do that right now, to try to work as hard as I can to really leave my footprint in this game that has given me so much.

For an elite athlete the fans are everything.

LeBron James, I just love watching him play. I love his work ethic and all the things he stands for.

I get up every morning and thank God for giving me the opportunity to play football.

I've been very lucky with having a run of working with very special people and it just makes you work harder.

It's great, just to even get mentioned in the category with the type of person like Dwyane Wade, one of the best NBA players in the league today. It's great, and that makes me work even that much harder to be better than him.

I'm glad people get excited watching me play. Hopefully I show them something new each time I step on the court.

Basketball has given me everything.

LeBron James has always been the biggest one - I just love to watch him. I'm a big fan, and he's a big inspiration of mine.

Basketball is a beautiful game and it's afforded all of us in this profession so many things. To give back any time we can is gratifying.

I just realized that basketball and going to the NBA was a possibility, and that's something that I want to use to better my family and possibly help the world if I can.

A lot of people say Michael Jordan and all of that. But Magic Johnson and my dad were my role models.

Michael Jordan was the greatest practice player I've ever seen.

I really appreciate the opportunity to play on the All-Star court.

Obviously I'm not to where Michael Jordan is, but trying to get to some level where he was and just striving for the best. That's what got me here.

That's the most important thing is how we reach the WWE Universe and how we inspire people in their life. If I can do that and be given the chance to do it, it's really the best thing we do.

Like most kids, I grew up idolizing Michael Jordan and continue to work relentlessly to reach his iconic status on the court.