I say 'come with it.' I'm not expecting anything easy. You have to earn your place. That's fine with me.

Leadership is something I was born with.

Look, I won in high school, I won a national championship in college, I want to win one in the NBA. But winning a gold medal, I don't think anything can top that.

A lot of people think that as a player, during the lockout, you just have your whole day free. It's not like that - especially for me. I wake up everyday, train in the morning from 9 a.m. to about 2 p.m. Then I have a business meeting here, have to meet this person there, it's non-stop for me.

I don't put pressure on myself. When I put pressure on myself, then I just play bad. When I play bad, my team plays bad.

People tend to grow fearful, when they taste failure, face a daunting challenge or fall ill. Yet, that is precisely the time to become even bolder. Those who are victors at heart are the greatest of all champions!!!!

People need to see the authentic people that are still out there, the genuine people that really care.