Life is easy when you're hot. But what happens when the ball bounces the other way? You just keep getting back up and climbing up.

When you are in unrelenting, excruciating and debilitating pain that never goes away for years on end, your life is over.

I believe in science and evolution. I've been to the Grand Canyon.

We can never thank David Stern enough. His vision to use basketball to improve the quality of our lives to make this world a better and saner place, that guy, is the most important man in the history of basketball.

Life is about growth. People are not perfect when they're 21 years old.

Success at the highest level comes down to one question: Can you decide that your happiness can come from someone else's success?

I couldn't imagine not playing basketball. To me, basketball is what life is all about.