Obviously, (winning the division) is big. To be No. 1 is always important.

I'm not the kind of guy who just goes up to women.

I wanted to avoid service, because I was on the road to becoming a professional basketball player.

I take my sport damned seriously. Basketball is my life. There are other people who go into important games as if they were any other game. I'm a brooder and I spend a lot of time thinking about my opponent, about the things he can do and about what I have to do to win. I don't think I'll ever be able to change that.

The best player I've ever played against is Kobe Bryant. I have seen him do some stuff that is just unbelievable.

I lost control of myself a couple times in the playoffs. I have to keep cooler in the future.

I know, basketball is a dance. I didn't understand the significance of that type of training at first. I was supposed to read poems.