I played basketball at Kentucky in 1986-87 and '87-88 and enjoyed a 12-year NBA career. After multiple injuries and seven surgeries, I developed an addiction to prescription painkillers. — Rex Chapman Copy Share Image
I played basketball at Kentucky in 1986-87 and '87-88 and enjoyed a 12-year NBA career. After multiple injuries and seven surgeries, I developed an… — Rex Chapman Copy Share Image
I just think that everybody likes good things. Everybody likes dogs, everybody likes to feel good and believe the best in people. — Rex Chapman Copy Share Image
And I hate to bring this up because I'm a 47-year-old man, but I think I was always wanting my dad's approval. We knew… — Rex Chapman Copy Share Image
I have really good legs for jumping. I have terrible ankles for landing. I wasn't as good fundamentally as John Stockton or Steve Nash,… — Rex Chapman Copy Share Image
I never slept very well when I was playing. Looking back, I was always suffering with depression and mental illness-type stuff I didn't understand. — Rex Chapman Copy Share Image
I never had to grow up. Everybody did everything for me. I was the first generation in my family to have money, and I… — Rex Chapman Copy Share Image
My home state of Kentucky has been especially hard hit. In 2015, more than 1,300 Kentuckians died after drug overdoses, many with opioids in… — Rex Chapman Copy Share Image
I've been recognized for much of my life but I learned that when I was fatter I am less recognizable so I got fat… — Rex Chapman Copy Share Image
Anything that can keep me distracted and from my own brain, it's good. — Rex Chapman Copy Share Image
