I loved the city of Chicago, and I love the Reinsdorfs. I'm forever grateful for them in taking a chance on me, allowing me to become the player that I am today. It's still incredible to me that I got to hoop in a Bulls jersey.
Everybody's goal in the NBA is to win a Championship - that's the ultimate.
A lot of people I've played with see me as a scorer and a shooter. I'm still fast and everything like that, but then, when they see me dunk, it's like 'Oh, damn.'
The Final Four is what we play for. That's what we're trying to do. That's what's important.
I always had my basketball. So when I showed up at the playground, everybody knew what I wanted to do.
A basketball was in my hands 24/7, playing one-on-one against everybody and anybody, trying to prove against the older guys, just playing. The wind blowing outside, double rims, stuff like that, just always playing ball.
I haven't dunked since Bill Clinton was in office, so I'm just happy for anyone who can do so without a trampoline.
Roger Ebert and Gene Siskel first championed my film, 'Hoop Dreams,' which was essential to its success. Roger remained a great supporter of my work throughout my career, and I'll never forget him tweeting about 'The Interrupters' right before its premiere at the Sundance Film Festival in 2011.
I have a song that's called 'Rap Dreams, Hoop Dreams'. Besides education, everybody's got hoop dreams from day one in rap. Rap, sports, music have so much of an impact on the world.
From the beginning of time, all I've ever done is hoop, and this culture of sneakers has always been a part of it.
When it comes time for basketball, everything else is kind of irrelevant.
My whole childhood I grew up wanting to be a professional basketball player.
For us, as hoopers and as basketball players, doesn't matter the scenario, the scene. True hoopers and true basketball players are going to get out and perform.
I always felt most at home on a basketball court, dating all the way back to when I was growing up in Brooklyn.
When it's played the way is supposed to be played, basketball happens in the air; flying, floating, elevated above the floor, levitating the way oppressed peoples of this earth imagine themselves in their dreams.
Basketball came to me and for some reason it gave me an opportunity to live a life that I didn't dream possible. But it did let me live my dreams.
I don't need to be a banger. I dunk on people.
I have a T-shirt that says, 'Ball is life.' My wife says 'That's an understatement for you.'
When I was young and I could dream a bit, I could see myself participating in the slam dunk contest. I've always wanted to experience that.
Basketball movies don't really accentuate the flow of the game.
I'm just a baller. This is something I love to do and was probably born to do.
I always dreamt of being a basketball player. A dream that only I believed in.
Basketball's always been something that I loved.
One basketball to rule them all,” Leo muttered.
Basketball, man: it is a land of giants.
