When you intercept the ball with your stomach, that is great defense

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

Well, we've made some changes on this tour. We're no longer sleeping in the parking lots and swimming in the fountains. We've been staying in hotels most of the way, though I will say some hotels have declined to take us because we're just having too much fun.

Yao Ming is the best thing to happen to the NBA in a long time. He is just a beautiful person inside and out. The vision, the creativity, the gentleness of spirit … he has it all.

I'm mainstream. Always have been.

Never forget - happiness ends when selfishness begins.

It's the most pleasurable experience in the world! When you're on a great team and you get hot, your teammates milk you dry - they wear you out and there's nothing like being on a great team.