You know, we always tried to rationalize by saying you take the good, you take the upside, you got to deal with the downside, you've to take the downside.

I grabbed 19 rebounds in my first professional game, and somehow found a way to score 20 points. I felt real good about it. I felt that this was the beginning of something good.

And I continued to grow until I was 25 years old.

Goals determine what you are going to be

I wanted to undertake the challenge of daring to be great.

My role models in the business were the older guys on my team when I first got there: Gray Scott, Adrian Smith, Roland Taylor. These were the guys who took me under their wing, and really schooled me in terms of what the business was about.

The key to success is to keep growing in all areas of life - mental, emotional, spiritual, as well as physical.