If you take away the last few years, from my last year in Washington, and you think about my career, there was nothing but hard work. I was in the gym three or four times a day, working on my skills. If we lost a game, and I thought I played bad, I'm staying in the gym to keep shooting. That's what I did. That's what I was known for: I was a gym rat.

If you take away the last few years, from my last year in Washington, and you think about my career, there was nothing but hard work. I was in the gym three or four times a day, working on my skills. If we lost a game, and I thought I played bad, I'm staying in the gym to keep shooting. That's what I did. That's what I was known for: I was a gym rat.

I want to be the best in whatever I do.

When I was little, I asked God if I could meet my mom just one more time, and my prayer was answered in 2001. It was weird.

You have to do everything to help your team out. I have the ability to rebound, so I might as well go and do it to help my team win.

Individual honors come with team success.

If your heart is bigger than the biggest guy on the team, then you're the biggest guy on the team.