That was just my own personal program: I didn't want to get too high over the good moments because I didn't want to be saddened and depressed when things didn't go as I had planned.

When handling the ball, I always would look for daylight, wherever there was daylight.

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.

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

The first professional game that I ever played remains, to me, the most exciting moment of my professional career.

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

Being a professional is doing the things you love to do, on the days you don't feel like doing them.