A biography for Penny Hardawayhasn’t been written yet.
“I want to contribute in any fashion to a great team.”
“I'm so thankful and blessed for the Heat organization.”
“I like to keep teams off balance.”
“My favorite sneaker is the Penny 1. The Penny 1 is an original, man, and I loved them from the beginning, and other people loved them, too. It was a comfortable shoe, and the Penny 1 was definitely my favorite to play in. The Penny II was a close second, though.”
“I lived the dream. God blessed me to live the dream.”
“My brain never stops thinking about basketball, and even when I'm asleep, I'm thinking about basketball. I love it; I love the Xs and Os and the preparation of it.”
“I want to leave a mark on society.”
“With Shaq, you have to let him know that he's the man. You have to do that with him.”
“I went from being very athletic, one of the best guards in the NBA, to barely making it. No speed, no agility. I had to change how I played because I couldn't exercise or train because my knee constantly hurt.”
“There are a lot of people who came out of adverse situations and made it. Use it as motivation. Use it to drive you.”
“I don't know who Rick Barnes thinks I am, but I'm not a dude that likes to just mess around about anything.”
“People didn't want to accept that I was injured. I played on a bad knee, a really bad knee, for a long time. I actually put team before me and played when I was hurt, but people still would dog me.”
“I haven't felt like I ever had a chance to blossom into the player and the person I want to be in Orlando. It's almost like I've been held down every time.”
“I felt pain every night. After games, it took me a long time to walk to my car, and the driving home, it took me a couple of minutes even to get out of my car and extend my legs and just walk.”
“I think what makes a really good shoe is something that you can play ball in but also something that you can wear off the court as well.”
“I want to see the Memphis flags waving on the cars. I want to see the T-shirts going again, the hats going again like the old school days, and that's what we want to take it back to.”
“It's fun coming back home, playing against the Grizzlies and to have the opportunity to come back and see my family.”
“The thing I really want to do is make the All-Star team and have an All-Star season. If I do that, then I know my team is going to be winning.”
“To be able to bring an entire city together is not easy, and we definitely have one thing in common in the city - that's the Tigers. The history of the school is well-noted around town. It is an SEC kind of country with all the SEC schools, but Memphis trumps all of that in the city. I embrace that.”
“There's the hardest thing - when you cannot be as athletic or perform at a level you really want to. Your mind is telling you, but your body is not allowing you.”