I'm a very emotional player. I use emotion because my team feeds off it.

If I can go to the U.S. Army and fight the war at 18 why can't you play basketball for 48 minutes?

I think if I had one year of college, I'd have done better with the mental part [of the NBA].

My reward is just to be a better man. You're so close to losing a loved one ... the ultimate goal is to be a better daddy, a better son, a better teammate.

We shouldn't even get paid for this game. I'm not trying to take anything away from the Bobcats, they played a heck of a game, but we feel like we are at another level. I felt like we were the expansion team tonight. I'm thoroughly embarrassed.

Austin had a concussion tonight. That's the way it goes for us. We get one back, we lose one. Or lose two. We've had the most difficult time the last two years just keeping a full roster. Hopefully at some point at the end of the tunnel some good things can happen for the Indiana Pacers.

I know I'm a good person. I know I can play basketball.