Of course parents want their children to confide in them.

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.

When I think about my MVP season, I will also think about the loss to Golden State. But winning the award as Most Valuable Player of the NBA is just a huge honour. I didn't really realise how big it was until Mark Cuban had tears in his eyes at the award ceremony.

Of course parents want their children to confide in them.

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.

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