Lamar Odom

For years I've been seeing my young brothers wearing Scarface T-shirts, John Gotti T-shirts, Rick James T-shirts. We don't have any icons or idols to look up to, just rappers and professional athletes.

I think it's easy for people to say, 'Because you do this, you must be this kind of person, vain or uptight or mean to people.' People have a sense of who you may be because of the job you do. That's unfair judgment.

I have candy around my bed. I just kinda like reach over and eat it and then go back to sleep, no problem.

The Mavericks and I have mutually agreed that it's in the best interest of both parties for me to step away from the team.

If your dad always has candy, how cool is he? Coolest dude in the world. My kids think I'm cool.

Organizations are trying to save extra money. Players are trying to get extra money. That's the way it is.

I was going to fight for what I wanted first, and that was being in L.A. and being a Laker. L.A. was the first place that came to my mind. That's where my heart was at.

My mother and grandmother raised me. Queens raised me.

The Lakers have been nothing but great to me, and I want to keep the relationship great.

We all have regrets, but the thing is to learn from life.

Being humbled has been a part of my life for a long time.

The young men in the inner city are without guidance, robbing and shooting each other with no remorse... Our system is crazy because we're planning to fail. Everybody needs something to grasp on to.