It's been a journey, the NBA. It's taken me a lot farther than I ever expected.

While day by day the overzealous student stores up facts for future use, he who has learned to trust nature finds need for ever fewer external directions. He will discard formula after formula, until he reaches the conclusion: Let nature take its course.

If you tell a teammate you're ready to play as tough as you're able to, you'd better go out there and do it.

I always know what's happening on the court. I see a situation occur, and I respond.

When it gets down to it, basketball is basketball.

Practice habits were crucial to my development in basketball. I didn't play against the toughest competition in high school, but one reason I was able to do well in college was that I mastered the fundamentals. You've got to have them down before you can even think about playing.

The one thing that always bothered me when I played in the NBA was I really got irritated when they put a white guy on me.