I just want to show Atalanta who I really am and show my teammates what kind of teammate I am.

My team in Orlando was a team full of people who nobody wanted, and I was the leader and I led that team with a smile on my face.

I would never, ever desert my child. A lot of my friends didn't have fathers growing up, and they were very upset that their fathers weren't around. I was lucky to have mine around.

I hated that perception that I didn't work hard, that I really don't love basketball.

People say you don't need a father to be successful. I take offense to that. I had an argument with my mom about Father's Day and why it's not celebrated like Mother's Day.

I'm really thankful to be alive. If you get to know me, I'm a person that's always smiling and always joyful and I've been that way since I was born because of the struggles I went through. I was supposed to be number eight that died so I'm always thankful.

You go from high school, to the NBA, and you're thrown in the fire.