I had a choice to be lazy or lean - if I hadn't changed, thing probably would catch up with me.

Showing weakness will encourage your opponents. It inspires them. It encourages them to hit harder. To come faster. But when you don't show any fear, or when you don't show any hurt, you have the opportunity to discourage your opponent. You discourage your enemies. The bottom line is, if you think properly, you don't even have to think about all of that. All you have to think about is that guy across from me is human, and so am I. And he'll never out-work me. He'll never out-think me. And if you can't out-work me, and you can't out-think me, you'll never beat me.

...you could be the best team or the best player in different generations and people respect each other. Nobody cares who was the best.

I was just a big guy running down with a big, deep pocket and little short stick putting it against my chest.

I'm a very sensitive person. I do like to be respected. I'm very loyal. I like it to be a two-way street.

About the state of black America, I've been working on that for many, many years. And [Donald Trump] said certain things in his early days about wanting to do something about it. We have a lot of violence in our neighborhoods now. We need education. And we need jobs. Is what I'm trying to say.

I'm not interested in trying to work on people's perceptions. I am who I am, and if you don't take the time to learn about that, then your perception is going to be your problem.