I feel like an '8 Mile' Eminem compared to 'My Name is.' Whenever my name is brought up, it's in a 'Slim Shady' way, and it's funny, and I'm lighthearted, but at the same time, every once in a while, I like to take it seriously. Michael Beasley More Quotes by Michael Beasley More Quotes From Michael Beasley 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 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 game you life father 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