Quotes from Chris Paul


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From day one, since I was traded to the Clippers, the team has been amazing to not only me, but to my family.


I love New Orleans.


I realize that I'm not going to be doing interviews for the cover of 'GQ' for the rest of my life, know what I mean? I'm on TV because I play basketball really well.


I don't care what anybody says, there's nothing like the cultural influence of hip-hop. For me, hip-hop culture is involved in everything - it's in me, in who I am, in how I dress, how I talk. It's in my son and my wife.


Being from North Carolina, it's kind of slow-paced. There's not too much going on there, whereas in New Orleans, there's always something going on. I just love all the people, going out to dinner and enjoying anything I want.


I trust my wife more than I trust myself.


Most of the time, if you ask a kid who's their best friend, it's usually a classmate or their neighbor or something, but for me, it was my granddad. Everybody knew him - they called him Mr. Jones.


I love Polo. I have a lot of Ralph Lauren suits. I got Dolce, I got a little bit of everything. And my favorite thing about Ralph Lauren is that he puts the number three on a lot of his clothes, so I feel like it's meant for me.


I have a Dominique Wilkins Hawks jersey that I still wear. That's probably my favorite one. What's funny is that I spend all this time collecting jerseys, and now people are out there collecting mine.


I love people. I hate to be by myself.


I can dunk! I can dunk, and not just in NBA Live.


I always have said that the most valuable thing I have isn't money; it's my time.


You don't always have to be a leader and be as vocal as I am. I'm sure some people would love it if I didn't talk as much as I did.


Family was real important in putting me on my path. I'm so blessed to come from a home with a mother and a father.


I play basketball to win a championship. That championship is everything to me. And that's what gets people to buy in to your brand - being a winner.


I'm a little brother. I've always been small. People have said I have a Napoleon complex. But I've always had to fight for everything that I have.


If my son is happy, then I am happy.


No matter where you put me, I don't care if it is North Carolina, Florida, California, New York City; I'm going to be who I am.


One of the things you learn when you go overseas is how much a lot of the countries overseas really just like to enjoy life.


I grew up on games like Madden and NBA Jam, then moved on to NFL 2K on Dreamcast. The game I really loved was Virtua Tennis.