I have nothing in common with lazy people who blame others for their lack of success.

I realize now that there's a strength in dunking that I can use to my advantage. When you dunk all the time it isn't as demoralizing to the opponent, but when you dunk at a key moment in the game you can use it to change the momentum.

It’s not a question of if we make the playoffs; we will. And when we get there, I have no fear of anyone.

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

I like playing for the purple and gold. This is where I want to finish up.

That argument doesn’t make any sense to me. So we want to advance as a society and as a culture, but, say, if something happens to an African-American, we immediately come to his defense? Yet you want to talk about how far we’ve progressed as a society? Well, if we’ve progressed as a society, then you don’t jump to somebody’s defense just because they’re African-American. You sit and you listen to the facts just like you would in any other situation, right? So I won’t assert myself.

I enjoy playing at the heart of it is just a kid who really loves playing the game of basketball.