I play basketball to win a championship. That championship is everything to me. And thats what gets people to buy in to your brand - being a winner.

Sometimes the fans are too nice.

People have said I have a Napoleon complex. But I've always had to fight for everything that I have.

Every now and then you're going to get beaten, but we work hard.

It's a business now. But you still have little butterflies in your stomach before every game.

Being from North Carolina, it's kind of slow-paced. There's not too much going on there, whereas in New Orleans, there's always something going on. I just love all the people, going out to dinner and enjoying anything I want.

What I really try to do is take different pages out of different players books.