At the end of the day, you want to be always the one that's one step ahead of everybody, and when it comes to hip-hop, culture and art, you want to be that signature guy.

I never envisioned myself playing for the U.S. Olympic team -- growing up, I never envisioned playing in the NBA, to be real with you. I never envisioned that type of stuff. So this is like a dream that I never had come true. It's like I'm a part of what's really going on. It's still very hard for me to believe that I am really going to be a part of the biggest thing in the whole entire world.

Every year it's been people saying I can't do this or I can't do that. Y'all will see something different, I can tell you that.

I just want to get on the court.

We're still getting better as a team. We're still learning how to play basketball as a team and how to win tough games.

If I were president? First thing I'd do is take care of the schoolteachers. I'm not saying we should start 'em out with six figures, but in some places they've got to be mother, father, brother, sister, and mentor. They're real important people. Let's give 'em a raise - and attract the best people to the job.

No one is perfect. I know there is stuff that I need to work on, and not just one thing, but my game overall. Everything can get better.