We all can be masters at our craft, but you have to make sacrifices that come along with making that decision.

The party's just getting started. This is where the fun starts.

Are you willing to push the right buttons even if it means being perceived as the villain? … I'd rather be perceived as a winner than a good teammate. I wish they both went hand in hand all the time but that's just not reality. … I have nothing in common with lazy people who blame others for their lack of success.

What people see on court is another side of me; it's not me.

I draw from the crowd a lot.

Being a leader, it's the art of trying to find the balance, the right times with each individual and what they need at that moment. It requires looking outward as opposed to looking inside.

He shouldn't have been in the NBA, but we were too cheap to pay for a point guard.