I'm excited about what the future will bring and I think the best is yet to come.

I had to develop the mentality and stay positive about making my comeback.

There's a disappointment there because I still feel there's an emptiness in my career that just wasn't filled.

I am reaching a point in my life where the basketball chapter in my life is slowly closing from a competition standpoint.

If I would have listened to other people back in 2000 telling me I should have stopped playing basketball because of a kidney disease, I wouldn't have won a world championship.

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.

If we all make a concerted effort and try to improve the life of someone else, then this world would be a better place to live in.