There were hard days but I never felt sorry for myself.

People in general misunderstand me. I'm very aware of the stereotype that comes with being a basketball player. But I'm well-rounded. I'm cultured. It's funny: When I speak, people are like, "Wow! You can really talk." I'm like, "What did you expect?"

You can't worry about what people say, but... People always harp on athletes being selfish individualists.

Schoolwork came kind of natural to me, but when I brought home a grade that wasn't up to par, my parents let me know it.

Life is not going to be sweet all the time.

If somebody attacks me with words, I'm always like, Do you know me? Do you know me that well? Let's have a beer and talk about it.

I'm my own biggest critic, and the only way I'm going to improve is to see what I was doing wrong.