I thought basketball was a game for women. My mother played basketball, and so did my sister.

If theres an injury, for a couple games, you can have guys step in. But for a long period of time, it always catches up with you.

I played all kinds of sports when I was young: tennis, handball, basketball, some soccer. I focused on basketball when I was 16 or 17 and then came to the U.S. when I was 20.

I always wanted to be a basketball player. Nothing more, nothing less.

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.

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

If you do the best you can, you have nothing to be ashamed of. A defeat is not a disgrace.