Everyting negative - pressure, challenges - is all an opportunity for me to rise.

Christmas morning, I'm going to open presents with my kids. I'm going to take pictures of them opening the presents. Then I'm going to come to the Staples Center and get ready to work.

You can't be held captive by the fear of failure or the fear of what people may say.

In an individual sport, yes, you have to win titles. Baseball's different. But basketball, hockey? One person can control the tempo of a game, can completely alter the momentum of a series. There's a lot of great individual talent.

It's not about the number of hours you practice, it's about the number of hours your mind is present during the practice

If you want to make history, you have to do historic things

I've pretty much done all I can here and, you know, God will carry me the rest of the way, so I'm pretty comfortable with that.