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.

You can want and hope, or you can make it happen.

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

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.

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.

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

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