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.

My health is the No. 1 concern and my longevity is the No. 1 concern.

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 was hurting. I had some ailments I was dealing with. It's not like I was holding out.

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.

You can play a particular sport as long as you take good care of your body and you're confident enough and still have that hunger to where you want to be a part of an organization, a group of individuals where you feel you can contribute to the success of that team.

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.