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.

We showed why road games have been tough for us throughout this year. That's where we've got to get better. It's a learning experience.

For me, hip-hop culture is involved in everything - it's in me, in who I am, in how I dress, how I talk. It's in my son and my wife.

Family was real important in putting me on my path. I'm so blessed to come from a home with a mother and a father.

Being close ain't good enough.

You can replace houses. You can't replace people. I mean, it's left me speechless. I was talking to P.J. (Brown) about it. When the storm hit, I just kept it on CNN and watched the whole thing. Just seeing Canal Street, knowing I was there just a few days before storm and seeing all those stores I went in being under water. Unbelievable.

We wanted to impress the crowd so much. The city has done so much for us and welcomed us right in, and we just wanted to give them a good show and show them that we're going to play for them. I think guys just had a little bit of jitters.