Michael Beasley Quotes

“If you can't be honest with yourself, then you can't be honest with anybody.”

“I've never wanted to be anybody else, and I never thought anybody else could be me more than me.”

“I love the fact that tomorrow never comes. You can never wake up and say, "It's tomorrow." It's always today.”

“At the end of the day, everything I've been through on and off the court, I'm the only common denominator.”

“I've come to realise I'm a professional, no matter if I'm 38, no matter if I'm 19 or 20. I'm a professional.”

“Honestly, I feel like pressure is only applied when you feel pressure.”

“I've always done well with pressure, always done well with awkward situations.”

“The ball will tell you who the best players are, not the contracts, not the media.”

“Money doesn't always define basketball.”

“I'm all about my love for the game.”

“If the team needs to score, I'm going to score. If the team needs me to rebound, I'm going to rebound. Play defence, I play defence.”

“I don't think there's a man on the earth that can stop me from scoring a basketball.”

“Look at my nine-year career: I've always been close to a point a minute. I've always been a walking bucket.”

“I'm your favourite player's favourite player.”

“I match up with the best guys in the world. I'm not being cocky; it's just always how I felt. But I got into trouble as soon as I got into the NBA, and it left a bad taste in a lot of people's mouths.”

“I feel like I was counted out, you know, my first two seasons in the NBA. They might not have been perfect, but I'm proud of them.”

“I just want the respect I deserve. Not for what I can do in the future but what I've done in the past. And I just want a fair opportunity, a fair chance, a fair shot to play basketball.”

“A large part of my career is due to perception, what people think I am or should be.”

“I know what people think I am. People think I'm dumb. People think I party all the time. People think I'm ignorant.”

“My name don't ever come up unless it's light, a joke, laughs behind it. I'm not saying it's all the way a bad thing, but it's not great.”

“I feel like an "8 Mile" Eminem compared to "My Name Is." Whenever my name is brought up, it's in a "Slim Shady" way, and it's funny, and I'm lighthearted, but every once in a while, I like to take it seriously.”

“I've always been the quiet, not-stand-up-for-myself kind of guy.”

“I'm a real laid-back person.”

“I don't watch TV. I don't watch anybody else's saga but my own.”

“I can be a friend from a million miles away. I can play basketball in China. The only thing I can't do is be a father. I missed my kids' first basketball game. I missed birthdays.”