I listen to myself. I listen to my body, my mind, I follow my heart.

Tough times don't last, but tough people do. And I've been through some tough times, and I know a lot of people can recall tough times, and maybe are going through some tough times right now, but they don't last.

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

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.

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 think in every lesson there's a blessing, and there's so many blessings from all the lessons I've had to go through in life.

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