Jason Whitlock

“Coaches don't like lazy, disrespectful, cancerous massive headaches.”

“Segregation has never been a shadowy, impossible-to-pin-down conspiracy. It's been an American way of life.”

“God is the embodiment of love and we are a society that seems to be embracing and favoring hate and empowering hate.”

“Dez Bryant isn't a quarterback. He's not a leader. He's a talented, high-maintenance wide receiver.”

“Have I been an entertainer, a provocateur and a humorist? Absolutely.”

“You can't be Allen Iverson on a football team. And even Iverson got run out of Philadelphia when he was still a spectacular talent because the Sixers got tired of the headache and his bad attitude.”

“Basketball should be more popular. In my opinion, the NBA should rival the NFL. At the very least, no way should the NFL be five times more popular than the NBA.”

“In fact, female slam-dunking as a spectator sport died this week when Candace Parker won the McDonald's All-American slam-dunk contest.”

“With the pervasive popularity of rap music and a black man sitting in the White House, there's no reason to pretend the NBA has been handicapped by the blackness of basketball.”

“Self-analysis is the sworn enemy of regret-free living.”

“Judge my columns, enjoy my tweets. That's my philosophy.”

“Investing in your long-term health means cultivating the skills to prepare your own meals, developing healthy eating habits and a willingness to make time to exercise. The earlier you embrace these habits, the healthier you will be in your 50s, 60s and beyond.”

“New York and San Francisco are distinctly different. San Francisco is driving the American media, not New York. You have young, microwaved millionaires and billionaires reshaping the American media in a way that reflects San Francisco values.”

“The hall of fame is something you do when you look back at the end of your career, not in the middle of it.”

“We have grown comfortable not having our perspective challenged. It's unhealthy.”

“A right to privacy is at the very foundation of American freedoms. It's a core value. It's a mistake to undermine a core value because we don't like the way a billionaire exercises it.”