I've always been a player and a person who wanted to be the best at whatever he did.

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.

I've been a leader practically my whole life. I don't know what it is to follow.

Chicago was big for me as far as developing as a person and as a basketball player.

I literally and truly don't care how many points I score. I get far more satisfaction out of doing the other things that make us winners.

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.

Coaches have the worst hours in the world. They go home maybe twice a week. They're sleeping in their office. They're watching film. It's a brutal, brutal job and that's why I respect them so much.