And from the first time I picked up a basketball at age eight - I had a lot of difficulty when I first picked up a basketball, because I was a scrub - there were things that I liked about it.

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.

I keep both eyes on my man. The basket hasn't moved on me yet.

They are taking steps, but they are baby steps.

To be great we need to win games we aren't supposed to win.

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.

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