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

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

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

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.

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

Growing up, my idols were Lucky Luke and Jolly Jumper. And Scottie Pippen.

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.