I can be a friend from a million miles away. I can play basketball in China. The only thing I can't do is be a father. I missed my kids' first basketball game. I missed birthdays. I can talk to you from a million miles away, but I was missing the dad part of life.

Michael Beasley

Categorized in : You Game Father Life

I tell people all the time like, man, when you a kid, you don't know you're in the hood, or you don't know you poor. You just accepting your environment when you a child, and that's when your friends are really your friends, wholeheartedly and nothing malicious.

Michael Beasley

you man time people

My favorite restaurant in the Twin Cities is McDonalds. I order two cheeseburgers, two snack wraps with no sauce, two fish fillets with cheese and light tartar sauce, two large fries, two apple pies, and one large milkshake.

Michael Beasley

snack fish restaurant light

I don't watch TV. I don't watch anybody else's saga but my own.

Michael Beasley

watch anybody own my-own

Look at my nine-year career: I've always been close to a point a minute. I've always been a walking bucket.

Michael Beasley

career look always walking

I match up with the best guys in the world. I'm not being cocky; it's just always how I felt. But I got into trouble as soon as I got into the NBA, and it left a bad taste in a lot of people's mouths.

Michael Beasley

best bad people world

Money doesn't always define basketball.

Michael Beasley

define always money basketball

The ball will tell you who the best players are, not the contracts, not the media.

Michael Beasley

will best you media

I know what people think I am. People think I'm dumb. People think I party all the time. People think I'm ignorant.

Michael Beasley

i-am think time people

I've never wanted to be anybody else, and I never thought anybody else could be me more than me.

Michael Beasley

more never thought me

I love the fact that tomorrow never comes. You can never wake up and say, 'It's tomorrow.' It's always today.

Michael Beasley

you tomorrow today love

I don't think there's a man on the earth that can stop me from scoring a basketball.

Michael Beasley

stop think me man

I feel like dads should come more into their feminine side.

Michael Beasley

i-feel-like more feel like

The older you get, the more your body starts to reject certain things.

Michael Beasley

your you your-body body

I'm your favorite player's favorite player.

Michael Beasley

favorite your player

I just want the respect I deserve. Not for what I can do in the future but what I've done in the past. And I just want a fair opportunity, a fair chance, a fair shot to play basketball.

Michael Beasley

future respect opportunity past

I've always been the quiet, not-stand-up-for-myself kind of guy.

Michael Beasley

always guy kind quiet

A large part of my career is due to perception, what people think what I am or should be.

Michael Beasley

i-am think perception people

I've always done well with pressure, always done well with awkward situations.

Michael Beasley

always awkward done pressure

By the time my brother was 8, he was cooking breakfast and dinner for us. And I was 5.

Michael Beasley

dinner cooking brother time

If you can't be honest with yourself, then you can't be honest with anybody.

Michael Beasley

then yourself you honest