With the crowds on your side, it's easier to play up to your potential.

I think I was chosen by basketball, although I never really physically got drafted to any team that I played for.

Because of the makeup of the NBA, it cannot afford for the public to turn on them.

Many people think sports are totally physical, that you don't have to think, everything is done for you and you're catered to, I found that to be so far removed from the truth that it's almost a joke. The ones who become stars are the ones who have a head on their shoulders and know how to use it.

Goals determine what you are going to be

To be an innovator, you can't be worried about making mistakes.

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.