I don't play basketball for the money. I don't play it for the crowd. When I didn't have a friend, when I was lonely, I always knew I could grab that orange pill and go hoop. I could go and dunk on somebody. If things weren't going right, I could make a basket and feel better.

It's rare to have a best friend who is also your brother and also an NFL football player, and he knows exactly what I'm talking about.

I don't like the feeling of losing.

One thing I've learned about the NBA is that you can have one good year, but you've always got to be progressing and working and making yourself better.

Strike one is a big, big pitch-you can do a lot after you get strike one, no matter how you get it.

I try to stay level-headed and it's always the way I've been. Sometimes your personality out in the real world, you want to take that into your sport because that's where you feel comfortable. You never want to try to do something that's not you or you don't feel comfortable doing. That's where you get in trouble. It's the only way I've played sports and done things. I'm low-key, but I'm very competitive and hate to lose.

I leave my heart on the court every night. I earn my keep.