I told Grant Hill back there – I just got done playing against him – as a second grader I had a Pistons Grant Hill jersey. That was the first time I walked into a gym. That’s when I fell in love with the game. My mom, I think she just wanted to get me and my brothers out of the house for a few hours. When I walked into the gym, I fell in love with the game.

I've got a long way to go to being the ultimate best, but I think my time is now. And I'm starting to enter my prime.

Nick, You know, The first guy I met when I first got to Seattle, As an eighteen year old, You took me in. You believed in me from the beginning. You knew that I had potential. And every single day I know I could look at you And know that you respect me As a man, As a player, And you gonna ride with me to the end. I thank you.

I'm not trying to be like what I thought an NBA player is supposed to be growing up.

I don't have to be anybody I'm not.

I want to be one of the best players in the game.

I always want to win because I never want to sit out on the sidelines outside.