Dennis Rodman

Eccentric basketball player, North Korea visits

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Sayings by Dennis Rodman

It's hard to get in sync because of all the fu**ing Mormons out here giving me the finger.

1997 — Expressing frustration with Utah Jazz fans during a game.
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Now I know it's wrong to say something wrong about someone's religion, and I can say that. They should have given me an opportunity to apologize instead of pounding the 50 thousand dollar fine on me, which had nothing to do with the NBA. I offended a lot of people, and I am very sorry. Instead of giving 50 thousand to the league, I should've given it to the Mormons.

1997 — Apologizing for his comments about Mormons while criticizing the NBA's fine.
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People are making it very difficult for me to walk on a basketball floor and hold my head up high because everyone wants to downgrade Dennis Rodman and make him look like he is a fool like he is an idiot.

1997 — Emotional statement during an interview with Jim Gray, expressing his feelings about public percepti…
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I f**k up the NBA image, their whole business enterprise. Because I can express myself as an individual. In their high-society sport, I bring it from the heart.

1997 — From a Playboy interview, discussing his impact on the NBA's image.
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I'm going to invite him next time I go to North Korea. If the door's open in September, I will invite Kanye West with me to go to North Korea.

2020 — Statement made in an interview about his intentions to invite Kanye West to North Korea.
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Bae did one thing, yes...you understand what he did. Do you understand what he did in this country?

2014 — Becoming agitated during a CNN interview when asked about American missionary Kenneth Bae, detained …
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I don't give a rat's ass what you think about this.

2014 — Yelling at CNN journalist Chris Cuomo during a heated interview about his trip to North Korea.
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Life in the NBA breaks down like this: 50% sex, 50% money.

c. 1990s-2000s — Explaining his perception of life in the NBA in an interview.
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I'm not mentally dumb. but I think a lot of people knew what I was going through.

c. 1993 — Reflecting on a personal crisis where he was found in his car with a gun, and people thought he need…
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I really do, I think you're gorgeous. Yeah, you really appeal to me, I think you're hot. I really, really, really love you and I really, really, really want to take you out. This is like being a meat market, damn, you know, you got your your fresh choice, you got this, you got that, you got your cut here, you got all kind of cuts.

c. 1990s-2000s — Describing his perspective on women and dating in the NBA, looking directly into the camera.
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I just want to be loved. I just want to be happy. I just want to be me.

c. 1996 — Interview, likely during his Bulls years
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I'm not a villain. I'm a rebel.

c. 1996 — Interview
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I don't care about the money. I just want to have fun.

c. 1997 — Interview
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I'm a rock star. I'm not a basketball player.

c. 1996 — Interview with MTV
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I'm not going to sit here and say that I know what's going on in North Korea, but I know that this guy, Kim Jong Un, he's a good guy.

2013 — Interview on CNN after North Korea trip
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I just want to open the door for a lot of people in the world, just to say that it's okay to be different.

c. 1996 — Interview
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I love women. I love women that are strong. I love women that are independent. I love women that are beautiful.

c. 1998 — Interview
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I'm not a role model. I'm a real person.

c. 1996 — Interview
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I'm an attention whore. I admit it.

c. 1996 — Interview with Oprah Winfrey
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I cried for the first time in my life when I held my daughter.

c. 1998 — Interview
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