Larry Johnson

I love to drive and run the floor.

— Larry Johnson

I'm an Oakley fan.

— Larry Johnson

I'm not that big of a celebrity.

— Larry Johnson

I'm a big Jeff Van Gundy fan.

— Larry Johnson

Vegas is my town, my people.

— Larry Johnson

Coach Tarkanian is a fighter.

— Larry Johnson

It hurts to lose night after night.

— Larry Johnson

That was fun with the Grandmama. But it's something I can live without.

— Larry Johnson

I know that nothing is going to be given to me.

— Larry Johnson

My main goal is to win me a championship.

— Larry Johnson

There's no place like New York. There's nothing like the New York fans.

— Larry Johnson

In Charlotte, I thought we were on the right track. It didn't happen.

— Larry Johnson

New York fans want a winner. They strive for a winner.

— Larry Johnson

If I'm going to get suspended, I want to hit the guy.

— Larry Johnson

I was a country boy from Texas and I love eating.

— Larry Johnson

I have always wanted to spend my entire career in the Charlotte community and concentrate on bringing the city a championship.

— Larry Johnson

If I'm on fire, don't spit on me. I won't spit on you. That's respect. You go your way, and I'll go…

— Larry Johnson

I'm always on the players' side, of course. The owners are going to take their fill, but I'm always on the players'…

— Larry Johnson

After I signed my big contract, I expected to be in Charlotte for the rest of my career. Things just didn't work…

— Larry Johnson

This is a beautiful country, the best country, but it's not holy, it's not righteous.

— Larry Johnson

I thought I was academically prepared for a major college, but I wasn't. Odessa gave me that preparation.

— Larry Johnson

Once your back's up against the wall and you've been beat down, you start looking at trying to do the right thing.

— Larry Johnson

There's a roller coaster effect when you're playing good. Everything seems to go your way. But once you start playing bad, you're…

— Larry Johnson

I've been in the frame of mind in Charlotte that, O.K., I'm going to play defense. But I've never been in a…

— Larry Johnson

The UNLV championship game against Duke, I didn't shoot the last shot. Choked. It took 10 years for me to say that.…

— Larry Johnson

What I hate more than sitting out is being on the floor and not being 100 percent. You know you can make…

— Larry Johnson

What I want to do for Mom - I want her to be able to understand that she can do anything she…

— Larry Johnson

But when a black player calls a white owner a slave master that's dangerous. It's one thing to say an owner is…

— Larry Johnson

We never played ball for money. We played because it was fun and I was good at it. But a lot of…

— Larry Johnson

In Vegas we thrived on being the hated team, on being the bad boys. That's definitely not my personality. If that helps…

— Larry Johnson

It's hard to get guys going and get team morale up when you're over there sitting in a coat and tie. But…

— Larry Johnson

Yeah, we've made beautiful strides, but what percentage of black people has made that stride when I go back to my neighborhood…

— Larry Johnson

I better make the All-Star team, and I better start.

— Larry Johnson

Maybe I'm a little biased, but I thought I could always play defense.

— Larry Johnson

Don't come to me and smile and then stab me behind my back.

— Larry Johnson

No question, everybody knows my back was the main reason I retired.

— Larry Johnson

No one man can rise above the masses or the condition of his people.

— Larry Johnson

Pippen's best play is to get the ball to No. 23.

— Larry Johnson

I can shoot turnarounds from almost halfcourt.

— Larry Johnson

One of my goals is to get my degree, get my education and stay healthy.

— Larry Johnson