Rich Paul

“I come from a place where there was no way out.”

“There is nothing we cannot do for an athlete. If a guy wants to write a book, great. If he wants to be a 'Fortnite' champion, great. If he wants to act, great. He wants to buy a surfboard company? Fantastic. There is nothing we cannot do for the modern athlete.”

“Being young and black and going into a business where you are trying to establish position and where you are able to make business decisions with the lack of what people would call an education, not having a degree, no one wanted to give us a chance.”

“Life ain't fair. I lost my dad at 19, is that fair?”

“When I was just a young kid who grew up in the inner city of Cleveland, I used to catch the bus downtown to grab a dollar hot dog at Public Square.”

“Lucky Me' is the story of every young black man who grew up like me. I want to use my story to uplift and inspire those who lived this and educate those who didn't.”

“My job is to do what's best for my client. I'm always going to take the same risk that they take. The beauty about this business is that I'm not a defense lawyer. So you don't pay me and I get you two years when you were facing 10, and I still get paid and you go to jail. That's not the way it works. When they do well, I do well.”

“The Klutch Sports Group and the Lakers don't have an issue. Rich Paul and Rob Pelinka don't have an issue. LeBron James and Rob Pelinka don't have an issue. And Jeanie Buss and LeBron James and Rich Paul don't have an issue. It's very simple. Very simple.”

“I think LeBron looked up to him as another person he could learn from, and LeBron is an avid learner.”

“As an agent - and I don't like the word - you get the perception that it's all about money. And it's not all about that. You have a unique opportunity to help someone build great habits on and off the basketball floor. A lot of times they're in situations they can't control, the economic environment they grew up in.”

“It's an honor to join the board of directors of a prestigious and successful company like UTA and one so committed to its culture.”

“I always say the dents in a man's armor show he's battle-tested.”

“I represent Cleveland. I was born and raised there and I appreciated it.”

“The last thing you want to do is put a GM in a situation where he trades away an asset and then the guy walks out the door. Like, you can't do business that way.”

“I was never really angry, but I was definitely protective, and I was definitely sad in a lot of ways. Because, as a kid, you see other kids and their experience with their parents, and you want the same.”

“There are a lot of great people in Cleveland. It's a great town.”

“To see LeBron win a championship for the city of Cleveland, I'm from Cleveland. It's a big thing.”