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"If it ain't broke, don't break it." - Oakley on keeping things consistent at the offensive end.

"If you have a horse that isn't winning any races, sooner or later you have to get a new jockey." - Oakley's view on NBA coaches.

"They're like contracts. Everybody's got one. Some are just bigger than others." - Oakley on the entourages of NBA players.

"You got to know when enough's enough. You want to rob the bank, but you better not be complainin' when you get caught." - Oakley on ... who knows, really.

"In my day, a guy who jumps that high with that many tattoos, he would've wound up sitting on the floor at least once." - Oakley on why he dishes out so many flagrant fouls.

"The NBA let the team down by putting it in Canada." - Oakley, when asked if he let down the Raptors by getting suspended.

"He's a lawyer, not a GM. You can't spend $250 million on contracts and not make the playoffs. Vince Carter's mom runs that team. She's the GM." - Oakley on former Raptors GM Glen Grunwald.

"Oh well, that's basketball. It used to be basketball. I don't know what it is now." - Oakley, after being assessed another flagrant foul.

"It was like the police trying to stop a shootout: You gotta have your gun out. Don't go out there with your hands down." - -Oakley, on Knick's coach Jeff Van Gundy getting head butted while trying to stop a fight.

"Allen Iverson has been in the league for 10 years and he's still wearing a T-shirt and jeans. Grow up already ... Why not look professional instead of looking like you belong on a street corner?" - Oakley on carrying himself as a professional.

"Pimpin' ain't easy, pimpin' ain't dead; the ho's are just scared." - Oakley on ... again, we have no clue.

"I'm cool with whatever. I'll just keep eating my bread, sipping my soup and serving my time. But the chicken is going to lay some more eggs one day." - Oakley as a veteran, on being benched in favour of teenagers.