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

I want to raise a family and have a couple of small Dirks running around. But it will not be easy to win my heart.

This feeling to be on the best team of the world is just indescribable.

The playoffs is all about showing heart and playing together.

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

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 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.