Dennis Rodman

Dennis: Chemistry is a class you take in high school, or college, where you learn that 2 + 2 = 10... or something.

Dennis: I say I'm Jimi Hendrix, Jim Morrison, Janis Joplin all wrapped up into one. If I die early ... I'll be just like those guys.

Rodman: When a high-profile personality lives like I do, everybody thinks that person is fated to die young.

Rodman: This life is like a swimming pool. You dive into the water, but you can't see how deep it is.

Rodman: The people at the top of the league think they need to rein me in so I don't become another Michael Jordan, somebody they aren't able to mold and shape and make their puppet.

Rodman: The only time I'd played organized basketball was my sophomore year in high school, when I barely made the junior varsity team.

Rodman: The one thing I do that nobody else does is jump three and four times for one rebound.

Rodman: The NBA's chosen ones think I'm setting a bad example? I think they need to look around and stop taking themselves so seriously.

Rodman: The NBA believes if you play for a team and get paid by a team, you're the property of that team for 24 hours a day.

Rodman (about how his life outside of basketball made him a different person): The life I was leading was changing me into someone I didn't even know.

Rodman: Sometimes I'm not even satisfied when I got 6 points and 22 rebounds, because I'm always looking to do more.

Rodman: Maybe my life isn't great. We don't have all the answers. Look at it from my side.

Rodman: I've got to give Larry Bird his due; he was a great player. He knew the game and he was smart.

Rodman: I'm hungrier than those other guys out there. Every rebound is a personal challenge.

Rodman: I went from five foot eleven to six foot eight, and the more ball I played, the more I caught on to the game.

Rodman: I want to do for rebounds what Michael Jordan did for dunks.

Rodman: I understand what rappers are talking about. I think rap is less about educating people about the black community and more about making money.

Rodman: I only weigh 220, so I have to do something to keep from being tossed around by all the guys who weigh 250 and more. I train hard, but I don't try to get too big.

Rodman (about playing hard every game): I go out there and get my eyes gouged, my nose busted, my body slammed. I love the pain of the game.

Rodman: I don't fit into the mold of the NBA man, and I think I've been punished financially for it.

Rodman: I can score 20 points if I want to, but that's not my desire.

Rodman: For years the league (NBA) has thought I've been on drugs. I would have burned out a long time ago if that was true.

Rodman: A player dreams of being a superstar, but he doesn't want people flocking all over him asking for an autograph.