Quotes by Alonzo Mourning

I can still play this game at a high level; I've proven that. I want to be home. I want to be close to my family. I want to be close to my foundation and my business interests.
– Alonzo Mourning
I want to live 50 more years. I'm 33 years old... and I want to live to at least be 80 and see my kids grow up and see my grandkids. That's important to me.
– Alonzo Mourning
I was hurting. I had some ailments I was dealing with. It's not like I was holding out.
– Alonzo Mourning
I've got to worry about Alonzo Mourning, because a year or two ago there was a chance that Alonzo Mourning wouldn't be standing here talking to you. That's the cold reality of it.
– Alonzo Mourning
It felt better just putting on that jersey, and at the end of all this just coming out with a win. That's what this is all about.
– Alonzo Mourning
Once my doctor began treating my kidney disease, my greatest challenge was the constant exhaustion. Fortunately, my doctor explained that anemia was causing my exhaustion and that people with serious illnesses, like kidney disease, may be at increased risk for anemia.
– Alonzo Mourning
There were a lot of people that contributed to my success as a person as well as a player. Without those people, I wouldn't be sitting in the position that I'm sitting in today. I think that it's extremely important for people to realize all of the things that other people do for them.
– Alonzo Mourning
There's a disappointment there because I still feel there's an emptiness in my career that just wasn't filled.
– Alonzo Mourning
When the new ownership came in, they made some decisions I wasn't pleased with. And when they changed the whole aspect of it, I just totally lost interest.
– Alonzo Mourning
There's nobody else on the face of this earth that's playing a sport at a highest level... with a transplant. That alone continues to inspire me, because I realize throughout the whole world the struggles that people are going through. I need to inspire them the best way I can.
– Alonzo Mourning
My health is the No. 1 concern and my longevity is the No. 1 concern.
– Alonzo Mourning
I have an incredible amount of basketball knowledge, and I think a lot of that is derived from having a Hall of Fame college basketball coach who was very knowledgeable of the game and I had a great high school coach who was also very knowledgeable.
– Alonzo Mourning
I had to develop the mentality and stay positive about making my comeback.
– Alonzo Mourning
I feel like in America, we don't have a kid problem. You think about all these issues that these kids are dealing with, we have an adult problem. We have adults that do not place the priority on our kids to get a valuable education.
– Alonzo Mourning