Right up until the time I retired at age 37, I felt like there were still things that I could do better.

One of the most predictable things in life is there will be change. You are better off if you can have a say in the change. But you are ignorant or naive if you don't think there will be change, whether you want it to or not.

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

I came from a broken home, so my mom was a major influence in my life.

When I went to Philadelphia I was 26 years old and really sitting on top of the world. Family life, a professional career, plenty of friends and associates, and a good reputation, a wish list that could be the envy of many.

You know, just in terms of having to have a life on the road, you know, having the celebrity aspect be a burden for my family, friends and extended family.

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