If you love the game and you love playing, just have fun and enjoy it. Work hard and don't get bogged down by it.

They really just taught me at an early age the values of hard work. Both my parents are two of the hardest working people that I know, so that was a big foundation for me and something I really cherish and it really helped me to grow up in that kind of household.

[When] I was young and I listened to everything - I took everything to heart. I didn't really realize how much people want to talk badly about you when you're down, or kick you when you're down. As basketball players, people think everybody's ultra-confident. But that's not the case.

Take care of your body from the inside out.

You always want to be better than you are. No matter what, I think that's important.

This must be how the guys in Space Jam felt when MJ gave them their powers back through that old basketball.

It seemed like we were losing every night for a different reason. Now we're winning a different way every time. It's a great feeling.