Athlete

Nolan Smith is going to be a guy that can drive to the basket, can create his own shot.

I see the NCAA holding off as long as possible to continue to make money off of its players. It's almost like modern day slavery.

Five years before my accident in 2003, you saw Kobe and Shaq pull up to games on bikes. Michael Jordan owned a racing team. So it wasn't that weird that I was on a motorcycle, even though it was against team rules. You've got to live your life, you know? But yeah, I made a dumb choice.

I'm a young-old guy. I go home, I don't need to go out, and I watch TV on my couch and relax, maybe have a cigar here or there. A couple of the coaches tell me, 'You're old school for someone who's young.'

Only having a short dose of an NBA career, my entry into pro basketball started in 2003 and ended up being an entry way onto the world of business.

I hope people remind me of my accident every day of my life. Because that means I'm a prime example of somebody who had it and lost everything and may not have gotten it back in the same capacity but still reinvented myself.

I love to dress in Italian clean-cut three-piece suits.

LeBron's had so many legendary moments because he was in the NBA Finals eight or nine years straight, and because to that his brand will endure and keep growing.

I've always been around people who are older than myself, I've always played on basketball teams with older guys.

I've dreamed about being in the Final Four since I was a little boy.

It's funny because I think everybody when they see me, the first thing they say is, 'Man, you could have been a heck of a basketball player.' My response is, 'I have a heck of a life.' Basketball is such a minute thing in the big picture. I almost passed away at 21 years old.

The NBA is way more progressive than the NFL or MLB.

Well, look, man, I know that Corey Sanders is a player that I've watched for a long time. I love him. I think he has that dog in him.

The thing about me is, all my life, the only way I've known to be better is to try to outwork people.

I am a point guard. It's a job that I'm not scared of.

Legacies are defined not by what happened to you or how it happened. It's how you pick yourself back up and you continue to fight each and every day.

I'd be remiss if I didn't say that a lot of my identity was formed around basketball, and after the accident I had a lot of animosity toward myself because I'd lost the one thing I wanted to do for my entire life.

I love journalism and broadcasting. So I'm happy about my life and I wouldn't change a thing.

If you have a team that believes in one another that's ok, but you still need that individual motivation.

Five years before my accident in 2003, you saw Kobe and Shaq pull up to games on bikes. Michael Jordan owned a racing team. So it wasn't that weird that I was on a motorcycle, even though it was against team rules. You've got to live your life, you know? But yeah, I made a dumb choice.