I need to have perspective. That's one of the big things former players told me, to not try to live up to anything, just live up to yourself.

I looked up to my father when I was 7 and 8. I believed it was my calling to be in the big leagues. I'd been raised by a family that always told me I could do anything I wanted.

I'm so secure in myself I couldn't care less what people think of me.

When someone becomes successful or rich and famous, people perceive that person as being different. But I'm the same guy I've always been.

I can relate to anyone. I can hang out with stoners, skaters, surfers, stockbrokers, lawyers, athletes, rappers. I feel I can hang out with any group of people and find common ground to talk with them.

Everyone focuses on the earthly state, but how cool might death be? I believe in spiritual rebirth, and I can't wait to experience that.

I can count my friends on one hand.